Country: USA
Year: 1987
Duration: 26'


A cartographer works in his spare time on a map which he wants to look like an old, very important archaeological find. The man is also very shy, which does not prevent him from falling in love with a girl who suddenly seems to appear from nowhere. She moves in with him, but doesn't say anything about herself. He doesn't ask because, he says, things are good they way they are. But this isn't enough for her and she leaves after ripping his map from the wall.
The Cartographer's Girlfriend is a film about love and confusion. The boy only finds security in his map and is confused by the chaos which love involves.

Biography

film director

Hal Hartley

Hal Hartley was born in 1959 and grew up in the suburbs outside New York City. He attended art school for one year (1978-79) in Boston. He attended the State University of New York at Purchase Film School from 1980 to 1984. He moved to New York City after graduation and completed three short films between then and 1988 when he made his first feature film, The Unbelievable Truth. He lives and maintains his production company, True Fiction Pictures, in New York City.

FILMOGRAFIA

The Unbelievable Truth (1989), Trust (1990), Ambition (cm, 1991), Theory of Achievement (cm, 1991), Surviving Desire (cm, 1991), Simple Men (1992), Amateur (1994), NYC 3/94 (video, cm, 1994), Opera (cm, 1994), Flirt (1995).

Cast

& Credits

Director, screenplay and editor: Hal Hartley.
Director of photography: Michael Spiller.
Sound: Jeff Pullman.
Cast: Marissa Chibas, Steven Geiger, George Feaster, Lorraine Achee, Robert Richmond.
Director of Production: Hal Hartley.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: True Fiction Pictures, 12 West 27th St., New York, NY 10001, tel. 2126844284. fax 2126866109.
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