Country: USA
Year: 2015
Duration: 70'
Married couple Jim and Lucy run a commune for sober living out of their suburban New Jersey home. The motley members do everything together and, although there’s constant bickering and plenty of fires to be put out, Jim and Lucy have managed to establish a haven for them. But the harmony is interrupted when Ann, a recovering addict and the ex-lover of one housemate, arrives. Ann’s insidious presence sends the members spiraling out of control, resulting in paranoia, drug relapse and eventually death.
Biography
film director
Nathan Silver
Nathan Silver (Chickentown, MA, USA, 1983) graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2005. Since then, the filmmaker has written and directed five short films and five feature films that have played in festivals around the world, including Viennale, BAFICI, Slamdance, and Torino Film Festival, where in 2009 he presented The Blind. His works were presented also in venus like MoMA
and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Recently, “Filmmaker Magazine” named Silver “one of the most interesting emerging directors in U.S. indie film.” In 2015 he also directed the short Riot, selected in Locarno.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Illiterate (cm, 2005), Natalie Bonn (cm, 2006), With or Without Reason (cm, 2007), Anecdote (cm, 2008), The Blind (2009), Exit Elena (2012), Soft in the Head (2013), Uncertain Terms (2014), Stinking Heaven (2015), Riot (cm, 2015).
Declaration
film director
“I’ll never shake the quote: ‘Hell is other people.’ Every movie I make is a wrestling match with this statement. A movie about a commune in the early 90s seemed like the perfect arena for the latest match. The point was to create an environment that would allow chaos and life to rule the movie. Shooting a period piece, I found it necessary to work with a news camera from the time. In the end, it’s a documentary of a fictional world – one that deals with the need for family, love, and humiliation.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Nathan Silver
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Nathan Silver, Jack Dunphy
fotografia/cinematography
Adam Ginsberg
montaggio/film editing
Stephen Gurewitz
scenografia/production design
Britni West
costumi/costume design
Zoe Koke
musica/music
Paul Grimstad
suono/sound
Arjun G. Sheth, Nikola Chapelle
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Hannah Gross (Ann), Keith Poulson (Jim), Deragh Campbell (Lucy), Eléonore Hendricks (Betty), Tallie Medel (Courtney), Henri Douvry (Kevin), Jay Giampietro (Al), Jason Grisell (Fred), Eileen Kearney (Marie), Larry Novak (Gene), Eleanore Pienta (Tina), Carl Kranz (Dwayne), Diane Lanyi (Marge), Julie Marcus (l’ex moglie di Kevin/Kevin’s ex-wife)
produttore/producer
Rachel Wolther
produzione/production
Stinking Heaven Inc., Fordworks Media
coproduttore/coproducer
Jack Dunphy
contatti/contacts
Nathan Silver
silver.royaltone@gmail.com
Nathan Silver
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Nathan Silver, Jack Dunphy
fotografia/cinematography
Adam Ginsberg
montaggio/film editing
Stephen Gurewitz
scenografia/production design
Britni West
costumi/costume design
Zoe Koke
musica/music
Paul Grimstad
suono/sound
Arjun G. Sheth, Nikola Chapelle
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Hannah Gross (Ann), Keith Poulson (Jim), Deragh Campbell (Lucy), Eléonore Hendricks (Betty), Tallie Medel (Courtney), Henri Douvry (Kevin), Jay Giampietro (Al), Jason Grisell (Fred), Eileen Kearney (Marie), Larry Novak (Gene), Eleanore Pienta (Tina), Carl Kranz (Dwayne), Diane Lanyi (Marge), Julie Marcus (l’ex moglie di Kevin/Kevin’s ex-wife)
produttore/producer
Rachel Wolther
produzione/production
Stinking Heaven Inc., Fordworks Media
coproduttore/coproducer
Jack Dunphy
contatti/contacts
Nathan Silver
silver.royaltone@gmail.com
