Half-Life (2008)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Jennifer Phang

Writer (WGA):

Jennifer Phang (written by)

Release Date:

2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

As troubling signs of global cataclysms accelerate, a brother and sister react to their father's desertion and the powerful presence of their mother's new boyfriend.

Plot Keywords:

Punctuation In Title | Hyphen In Title

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Sanoe Lake	...	Pamela Wu
Julia Nickson-Soul	...	Saura Wu
Leonardo Nam	...	Scott Parker
Ben Redgrave	...	Wendell
Lee Marks	...	Jonah Robertson
James Eckhouse	...	Richard Parker
Susan Ruttan	...	Lorraine Parker
Alexander Agate	...	Timothy Wu
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Katrina Agate	...	Jenny
Mary Angello	...	Aida
Vonn Scott Bair	...	BBQ Dad
Mike Bruce	...	TV Anchorman
Toby Evetts	...	Documentary Announcer
Deb Fink	...	Terry Hartman
Chris Flint	...	Man in Riot Scene
Keisuke Hoashi	...	Field Reporter / Radio News Reporter
Samantha Martin	...	Patient
Danton Mew	...	Tim Wu Sr.
Andrew Pitts	...	Gunther
John Stuart West	...	Radio News Reporter

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company:

Fade to Blue Films

Trivia:

Developed at the Film Independent (FIND) Directors Lab under the instruction of film and television director Rodrigo García.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Behind the Couch: Casting in Hollywood (2005)

Best of Fest!

Probably the best film I saw this year at Sundance. The film is amazingly well crafted and profound. The type of film that you expect to see at Sundance. The film revolves around a family falling apart, personal identity, sexual identity, and religion, without being preachy. There are a number of very creative animated sequences, shot with the confidence of a real art film, the pace of the film is a welcome relief in our MTV quick cut era and had the best music of any film I saw at the festival (why do so many Sundance films have uninspired or just bad music) If your a fan of real art and cinema, this is the film for you!