Gravel (2003)

A single mom and her teenage daughter navigate their relationship on a trip to the Appalachian countryside to have lunch with an ex-con that mom has her eye on.

Director:

Steven Bognar

Writer:

Steven Bognar (screenplay)

Stars:

Louise Smith, Iris Bieri, Latham Zearfoss

Cast

Cast overview:
Louise Smith	...	The Mom
Iris Bieri	...	The Daughter
Latham Zearfoss	...	The Friend
Bruce Cromer	...	The Guy
Willa Dallas	...	Meemaw
Maria Rossiwall	...	Skateboarder
Maiko Yamashita	...	Skateboarder
Talmadge K. Lytle	...	Skateboarder
Jenni Button	...	Skateboarder

Storyline

A single mom and her teenage daughter navigate their relationship on a trip to the Appalachian countryside to have lunch with an ex-con that mom has her eye on.

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Plot Keywords:

ex convict

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Genres:

Short | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

January 2003 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

16 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Car Song"
Written and Performed by Tom Berger, Marko Packard and Ben Hemmendinger

User Reviews

A vague plotted, yet visually impressive short film.

I did not really like the general atmosphere and style of this movie. Things were too vague. Short film can often be limiting, and keeps a director from clearly expressing his intent, and unless this movie was filled with pointless scenes to convince the audience to draw their own conclusions, this was the case.

A woman brings her daughter and one of her daughter's friends with her to meet with an ex-convict. The mother used to be the ex-convict's social worker, and through out the film it is made apparent that the mother is attracted to this ex-convict.

A lot of this film could really be put up for debate as far as what was meant. The movie ends abruptly, and I felt that a lot was left unexplained, however one could argue otherwise. The daughter talks in sort of a voice like she is reading from a book, and there were no other performances to speak of. Most of the cinematography was good; the DoP did a good job of taking advantage of what scenery he had to deal with.