Country: USA
Year: 2006
Duration: 96'
In the confusion following a massive power outage, a demolition derby driver vanishes, setting in motion a series of events affecting his father, his pregnant girlfriend, a pack of boy scouts, a roller rink employee, an elderly woman in search of her lost dog, and his best friend - a 10-year-old girl named Turkeylegs. Pieces of the mystery begin to come together as Turkeylegs sets out to find her missing friend. "In The Guatemalan Handshake it was my intention to create a film that would feel as if it came from an undiscovered corner of America; that pulled inspiration from music, comic books, paintings, children's stories and original personalities rather than referencing scenes, dialogue and styles of other films. It is my hope that a young musician finds a copy of my film 50 years from now and writes a song about it. Then, 50 years following that recording, a filmmaker hears that song and is inspired to create a new kind of film." (T. Rohal)
Biography
film director
Todd Rohal
Todd Rohal (Columbus, Ohio) graduated from the Honors Tutorial Department of Ohio University, where he met most of the cast and crew who contributed to the production of The Guatemalan Handshake (2006), his first feature-length production, which previewed at the Slamdance Film Festival and later competed at the Torino Film Festival and many other festivals, including the Independent Film Festival in Boston. His four short films, including Knuckleface Jones (1999) and Hillbilly Robot (2001), have been screened at New York Underground, at South by Southwest, and at the Hamptons, Slamdance, Athens, Long Island and Maryland film festivals. In addition, he served as director of photography for various film productions and as an editor for TV channels such as the Discovery Channel and PBS.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia/filmography
Single Spaced (cm, 1997), Slug 660 (cm, 1998), Knuckleface Jones (cm, 1999), Hillbilly Robot (cm, 2001), The Guatemalan Handshake (2006), Cinemad Mix Tape #1 (cm, 2009), The Catechism Cataclysm (2011).
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