Broken Kingdom (2012)

Director:

Daniel Gillies

Writer:

Daniel Gillies

Release Date:

2 October 2012 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

We are all but children here.

Plot:

Four narratives weave their way through the tragic slums of Bogota to the lofty hills of Hollywood. A 14-year-old prostitute girl and an ill-fated...

Plot Keywords:

Los Angeles California | Child Loss | Colombia

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Rachael Leigh Cook	...	Marilyn
Daniel Gillies	...	Jason '80'
Kandyse McClure	...	Jessica
Darren Le Gallo	...	Chris
Seymour Cassel	...	Clayton
Kim Hawthorne	...	Nina (as Kimberly Hawthorne)
Julie Ariola	...	Jill
Davin Ransom
Marcela Valencia	...	Anna
Julieth Restrepo	...	Valentina
Maria Cristina Pimiento	...	Karmen
Jeraldin Chapeton Estacio	...	Serafina
Karla Mason	...	Cafe Waitress (as Karla Bea)
Tony Monsour	...	Manhatten business man (uncredited)

Directed by
Daniel Gillies

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Daniel Gillies

Produced by
Dayna Allen	....	associate producer
Mark Allen	....	associate producer
Frank L. Anderson	....	associate producer
Clara Aranovich	....	co-producer
Caitlin Baard	....	associate producer
Linley Barrett	....	associate producer
Rachel Brook	....	associate producer
Michelle Buxmann	....	associate producer
Natalia Agudelo Campillo	....	line producer: Colombia
Virginie Chalp	....	associate producer
Kelly Christensen	....	associate producer
Dusan Clark	....	associate producer
Ben Cook	....	co-producer
Erin Cook	....	associate producer
Rachael Leigh Cook	....	executive producer
Thomas Cook	....	associate producer
Jose David Corredor	....	co-producer
Elijah Cusack	....	associate producer
Ute Dick	....	associate producer
Popi Doukakis	....	associate producer
Ronni Ebel	....	associate producer
Sandra Forsberg	....	associate producer
Sofia Fuentes Grape	....	associate producer
John Gillies	....	associate producer
Miriam Gillies	....	associate producer
Lynn Godwin	....	associate producer
Michelle Grant	....	associate producer
Tiffany L. Gray	....	associate producer
Jason Gurvitz	....	producer
Steven Haddad	....	co-executive producer
Dan Hollister	....	associate producer
Jesse Kale	....	associate producer
Katherine Kerfoot	....	associate producer
Justine Kerwin	....	associate producer
Jason Kirkham	....	producer
Arie Kowler	....	co-producer
Catherine Leake	....	associate producer
Rachael Leary	....	associate producer
Sophie Lehmann	....	associate producer
Corie McWain	....	associate producer
Rebecca Mollica	....	associate producer
Casey Mortensen	....	associate producer
John Lyons Murphy	....	producer
Nina Murphy	....	associate producer
Miguel Navarro	....	producer
Wesley S. Nickerson III	....	associate producer
Zenaida Obeo	....	associate producer
Geoff Oki	....	co-producer
Carlos Osorio	....	co-producer
Chris Ouwinga	....	executive producer
Dajana Peric	....	associate producer
Diana Petkovic	....	associate producer
Jenifer Puetz	....	associate producer
Elisabeth Reisinger	....	associate producer
Marjorie Remlinger	....	associate producer
Jules Reynolds	....	associate producer
Jessica Rian	....	associate producer
Kathrin Rimpel	....	associate producer
Dustin Rubin	....	associate producer
Hama Sanders	....	associate producer
Katherine Sandifar	....	associate producer
Julie Santi	....	associate producer
Brook Schaaf	....	associate producer
Sharon Selkowitz	....	associate producer
Ellen Shanley	....	associate producer
Madeleine Spivey	....	associate producer
Melissa Starkey	....	associate producer
Helmut Steiger	....	associate producer
Kim Svensson	....	associate producer
Lisa Telfer	....	associate producer
Malin Thunborg	....	associate producer
Nicola Timney	....	associate producer
Hannes Tödter	....	associate producer (as Hannes Lukas Tödter)
Graciane Vaccaro	....	associate producer
Wesley Walsh	....	associate producer
Jamie Wedow	....	co-executive producer
Brittany Weinstein	....	associate producer
Darryn Welch	....	executive producer
Cherise Wheeler	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Lili Haydn
Christopher Westlake

Cinematography by
Duane Manwiller
Keiko Nakahara		(Bogotá Photography)

Film Editing by
Geoff Oki
Evan Schiff

Casting by
Jaime Correa

Production Design by
Ismael Cardenas

Set Decoration by
Nicholas Duque		(set decorator: Colombia)

Costume Design by
Daphne Javitch

Makeup Department
Claire Doyle	....	makeup artist
Laura Hill	....	assistant makeup artist
Juan Carlos Menses	....	makeup artist: Colombia
Maragaret F. Romero	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Arie Kowler	....	production manager
Oscar Piñeros	....	unit production manager: Colombia

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mishan Afsari	....	second second assistant director
Victor Avila	....	second assistant director
David Buchwald	....	additional second second assistant director
Shadie Elnashai	....	first assistant director: second unit
Nicolás Martínez	....	second assistant director
Miguel Navarro	....	first assistant director
Richard Robinson	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Alberto Arza	....	property master
Aaron Becker	....	main title design
Tammie Childress	....	set dresser
Miguel Farias	....	first assistant scenographer
Manuel Gutierrez	....	art department
Jean Paul Lombana	....	second assistant scenographer
Patro Lopez	....	art department
Luis Restrepo Nasa	....	property master
Camilo Santiago Saavedra	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Joe Dzuban	....	sound designer
Alejandro Fábregas	....	sound director: Colombia
Eli Rarey	....	boom operator
Diego Rodriguez	....	boom operator: Colombia
Joshua Wilkinson	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
David Adams	....	electrician
David Adams	....	grip
James W. Apted	....	first assistant camera
Esteban Camargo	....	steadicam & camera operator
Jeremy Cannon	....	second assistant camera
Lucas Cristo	....	first assistant camera
Chris Cuevas	....	daily assistant camera: "b" camera
Kyle Dean	....	additional assistant camera
Kristen Eccker	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Dave Han	....	grip
Tom Howard	....	electrician
Pat Hubbard	....	electrician
Hernan Jaramillo	....	electrician
Robert Lam	....	gaffer
Daniel Moscoso	....	focus puller
Jay Muranaka	....	best boy electric
Gregory Pickard	....	best boy grip
Wiley Schott	....	digital imaging technician
Wiley Schott	....	red camera technician
Felipe Solares	....	key grip
Sándra Sánchez	....	second assistant camera
Jeff Woolley	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera

Casting Department
Julio Rueda	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mabel Amaya	....	wardrobe assistant
Margarita Guzman	....	wardrobe coordinator
Edward Romero	....	wardrobe artist
Jessica Wenger	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Henry Albadan	....	digital image technician
Chung Nguyen	....	assistant editor
Felipe Villamil Sarmiento	....	assistant editor: Colombia

Music Department
Vanessa Garde	....	assistant to composers
Jay MacLeay	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
German Carrillo	....	grip truck driver: Colombia
Jose Castillo	....	production truck driver: Colombia
Don Gabriel	....	makeup truck driver: Colombia
Helbert Gonzalez	....	camera van driver: Colombia
Jose Martinez	....	art truck driver: Colombia
Luis Pachon	....	passenger van driver: Colombia
Ricardo Sanchez	....	passenger car driver: Colombia

Other crew
Bernardo Acosta	....	location manager: colombia
Anela Bence-Selkowitz	....	behind-the-scenes video
Adam Desilets	....	production assistant (2008)
Greg Edwards	....	production assistant
Christopher David Gourlay	....	location manager
Kristin Graham	....	production coordinator
Tiffany L. Gray	....	production attorney
Sara Anne Gunther	....	production assistant
Chad Mathis	....	legal services
Mia Morale	....	production coordinator
Chad Nagel	....	location assistant
Keiko Nakahara	....	production assistant
Sommer Nguyen	....	location scout
Tomas Nunez	....	production assistant
Patrick Rule	....	production assistant
Nathan Schirmer	....	production assistant
Erin Tarasi	....	script supervisor

Thanks
Antonio Negret	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Holymonster
• Instinctive Film
• Mad Love Film Factory (in co-production with)

Other Companies

• Alternative Rentals  camera equipment provided by
• Andrew E. Freedman Public Relations  Publicity
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Congo Films  grip and electric - colombia
• Motion Picture Clearance Lab  clearances

Also Known As:

Country:

USA

Language:

Spanish | English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Bogotá, Colombia

Company:

Holymonster

The human drama

As a rule, "small"-"human" dramas are not my first choice as a genre, not in books, not in theaters, not on TV, nor on the big screen. I rarely find an "action-free" or non-Sci-Fi, non epic-narrative drama which truly pulls me into its narrative. Mayhap it's my seeking escapism in the art I consume, or the fact my life experience have left me a little "bored" with the small, trivial and daily dramas we're all surrounded by... Memorable human dramas on film are quite rare with me, as such selective a viewer that I am. However, as with any rule, naturally there are exceptions... A few examples of such "small" dramatic narrative movies that actually had such an impact on me would have to be: "The Stone Angel", "Regarding Henry", "Door to door", "Kes"... and now that I've watched it - "Broken Kingdom" is the newest addition to the list...

"Broken Kingdom" portrays two intertwined stories, of no epic proportion, with a truly "small", "human" and "humane" narratives. on one hand - the display of buds of humanity and affection in a sea of cruelty in a poverty stricken 3rd world country, and on the other hand - the daily bearing of a tragic unspoken memory in PC-America.

The cast is spectacular, and I found that the visual quality of the film is impeccable - very aesthetic and precise. All in all, for the low- budget this production had, it is truly a remarkable product. The writer-director-star, Daniel Gillies, did a very good job, under all 3 of his "hats".