Country: USA
Year: 2015
Duration: 92'
Rebecca is a mother who suffers from depression. She is so distant and unstable that she abandons her five children, in search of what seems like yet another escape from reality. Thirteen-year-old Harper has to take Rebecca’s place as a mother and care for her four younger siblings, one of whom is only twelve months old. During a long summer day, Rebecca’s five children share chaos, intimate moments, uncertainties, adventures and games. Through their eyes, the world becomes a fantasy place, where everything takes on a new and unexpected aura.
Biography
film director
Robert Machoian
Robert Machoian (King City, CA, USA) grew up in the underground and punk rock environment, whose do-it-yourself philosophy he has embraced, and teaches photography and directing at the Art Department of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck (Davis, California, USA) works as an experimental director with the determination and perseverance he developed as a member of the hip hop scene. Together, they have written and directed short films such as Ella and the Astronaut (2009), Charlie and the Rabbit (2010), presented at Sundance, and The Waiting Room (2010), and the feature-length Forty Years from Yesterday (2013), which participated at the Locarno Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck:
Ella and the Astronaut (cm, 2009), Charlie and the Rabbit (cm, 2010), The Waiting Room (cm, 2010), Forty Years from Yesterday (2013), The Time You Died (cm, doc., 2013), The Diggers (cm, doc., 2014), God Bless the Child (2015).
Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck
Robert Machoian (King City, CA, USA) grew up in the underground and punk rock environment, whose do-it-yourself philosophy he has embraced, and teaches photography and directing at the Art Department of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck (Davis, California, USA) works as an experimental director with the determination and perseverance he developed as a member of the hip hop scene. Together, they have written and directed short films such as Ella and the Astronaut (2009), Charlie and the Rabbit (2010), presented at Sundance, and The Waiting Room (2010), and the feature-length Forty Years from Yesterday (2013), which participated at the Locarno Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck:
Ella and the Astronaut (cm, 2009), Charlie and the Rabbit (cm, 2010), The Waiting Room (cm, 2010), Forty Years from Yesterday (2013), The Time You Died (cm, doc., 2013), The Diggers (cm, doc., 2014), God Bless the Child (2015).
Declaration
film director
“The feature script is based off of one of the stories told to me by my father. He is the oldest of five siblings. My daughter is the oldest of five siblings, and so I thought it appropriate to use the model of my own family as a structure for this story. Depression is a serious illness in America. One in ten Americans suffer from depression, and though there are many movies dealing with depression, there aren’t very many that look at those affected by it, the children left in its wake.” (Robert Machoian)
Cast
& Credits
regia/directors
Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Robert Machoian, Rebecca Graham
fotografia/cinematography
Robert Machoian
montaggio/film editing
Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck
interpreti/cast
Harper Graham, Elias Graham, Arri Graham, Ezra Graham, Jonah Graham, Bruce Graham
produttori/producers
Laura Heberton, Robert John Thomas
produzione/production
San Francisco Film Society, Kenneth Rainin Foundation
contatti/contacts
Hot Metal Films
Laura Heberton
Tel: +1 917 62 89 476
lheberton@gmail.com
www.hotmetalfilms.com
Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Robert Machoian, Rebecca Graham
fotografia/cinematography
Robert Machoian
montaggio/film editing
Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck
interpreti/cast
Harper Graham, Elias Graham, Arri Graham, Ezra Graham, Jonah Graham, Bruce Graham
produttori/producers
Laura Heberton, Robert John Thomas
produzione/production
San Francisco Film Society, Kenneth Rainin Foundation
contatti/contacts
Hot Metal Films
Laura Heberton
Tel: +1 917 62 89 476
lheberton@gmail.com
www.hotmetalfilms.com
