Chimera House (1999)

Director:

Brandy Brawner

Writer:

Brandy Brawner (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A contemporary story based on actual events about the harsh realities of life in a group home (where...

Plot Keywords:

Troubled Teen

Awards:

6 wins

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Josh Keaton	...	Roy
Danny Arroyo	...	Lucky
Chloe Taylor	...	Laura
Carl Gilliard	...	Daryl
Alberto Rosas	...	Praxedis
Loretta Rucks	...	Keisha
Jesse Henning	...	Steve
Victor Hoang Ly	...	Minh
Charselle Hooper	...	Dee
Selena Navarro	...	Monica
Camille Nelson	...	Theresa
Sten Rudstrom	...	Drug Counselor
David Stewart	...	Kevin
Andrew Huebner	...	Van Driver
Maria De Jesus Rosas	...	Praxedis' Grandmother

Runtime:

82 min

Color:

Color

Company:

Dogstar Productions

Quotes:

Dee: [Dee serves Lucky lunch] You know, I am proud of you though for starting this new job tomorrow. I just hope you stick with it long enough to learn something.
Lucky: Yeah, I like working on cars. I got a lot of experience from stealing them.
[giggles]

A low budget film of high quality and performance.

The thing about this film is that it is not considered to be a "Hollywood mainstream" film. None of your blow 'em up action, in your face, outrageous budget and egos. This film is based on real life and real situations with it's actors doing an amazing job of portraying these troubled characters.

It's main character, Roy (played by Josh Keaton), is simply trying to adjust to life in a militant group home where other troubled teens are staying. Not the best of places to be but much better than his only other choice which is juvenile hall. During his stay, Roy forced to conform to strict rules and deal with his over the top roommate, Lucky (played by Danny Arroyo).

In the end, the lessons learned are hard ones. Not all are fair or just but as this film tries to show is that life can be what you make of it and sometimes just believing you are more than your surroundings can carry you through the tough times.

"Chimera House" is a good quality film which has been received very well with a number of film festivals. It has won many festival awards to date to include a couple Best Film Awards. A Best Director, Best Music and a Best Actor. It is a film definitely worth seeing and appreciated.