Great acting draws me in and if that's what you fancy, then I suggest you check out the dramatic short SOCKS AND CAKES, from Antonio Padovan.
The film stars Jeff Moffitt as Richard, a successful architect who is hosting a dinner party with his film director wife Amanda (Kirsty Meares) at their Manhattan apartment.
It's going to be a small affair...just them and a couple of close friends, including Harry (Timothy J. Cox), Richard's best friend and Amanda's ex-husband.
A professor of French literature, Harry's down on life at the moment, wondering where it's all gone, the joy, the fun, the purpose. He spends the bulk of his time checking out real estate properties he never intends to buy and trying unsuccessfully to date his own students. Writers have writers block; Harry has life block. Right now, he's not letting anything or anyone in. That is, except Amanda. We discover that Harry still has feelings for Amanda, who is having problems of her own, namely that she thinks...knows...that her marriage is falling apart.
Enter the other guests, David (Ben Prayz) and his girlfriend Sophie (Alex Vincent). Harry detests David, as he suspects that he and Amanda were intimate at one time. Taken aback by Sophie's beauty, he wonders how and why she's with a schmuck like David.
Almost immediately, Richard is also quite taken aback by Sophy and his flirtations begin.
It's one of those parties.
Antonio Padovan's film is extremely well made, but it is the acting that saves the day.
Alex Vincent is simply luminous as the sexy and free spirited Sophie, while Ben Prayz charms in his performance as the egocentric David.
Jeff Moffitt moves swiftly as Richard, but the stand outs from the cast are Kirsty Meares, who is exceptional in her work as the emotionally fragile Amanda and Timothy J. Cox, pitch perfect in his moving turn as a broken shell of a man looking to find his way back into the light.
Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful!
The film stars Jeff Moffitt as Richard, a successful architect who is hosting a dinner party with his film director wife Amanda (Kirsty Meares) at their Manhattan apartment.
It's going to be a small affair...just them and a couple of close friends, including Harry (Timothy J. Cox), Richard's best friend and Amanda's ex-husband.
A professor of French literature, Harry's down on life at the moment, wondering where it's all gone, the joy, the fun, the purpose. He spends the bulk of his time checking out real estate properties he never intends to buy and trying unsuccessfully to date his own students. Writers have writers block; Harry has life block. Right now, he's not letting anything or anyone in. That is, except Amanda. We discover that Harry still has feelings for Amanda, who is having problems of her own, namely that she thinks...knows...that her marriage is falling apart.
Enter the other guests, David (Ben Prayz) and his girlfriend Sophie (Alex Vincent). Harry detests David, as he suspects that he and Amanda were intimate at one time. Taken aback by Sophie's beauty, he wonders how and why she's with a schmuck like David.
Almost immediately, Richard is also quite taken aback by Sophy and his flirtations begin.
It's one of those parties.
Antonio Padovan's film is extremely well made, but it is the acting that saves the day.
Alex Vincent is simply luminous as the sexy and free spirited Sophie, while Ben Prayz charms in his performance as the egocentric David.
Jeff Moffitt moves swiftly as Richard, but the stand outs from the cast are Kirsty Meares, who is exceptional in her work as the emotionally fragile Amanda and Timothy J. Cox, pitch perfect in his moving turn as a broken shell of a man looking to find his way back into the light.
Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful!