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Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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Nick Rafter | ... | Mason Carver |
Robert Glen Keith | ... | Sebastian Dickens (as Rob Keith) (as Robert Keith) | |
Shirley Knight | ... | Mona Dickens | |
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John Forristal | ... | Silver Toothed Man |
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Eden King | ... | Muscle Beach Gymnast #1, Man at Urinal |
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Eric Watkins | ... | Muscle Beach Gymnast #2 |
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Herb Tannen | ... | Man in Gondola |
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Kent Rodgers | ... | Museum Guard #1 |
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Shawm Brydon | ... | Museum Guard #2 |
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Karl Wiedergott | ... | Man in Museum Couple (as Karl Weidergott) |
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Tawny Zavad | ... | Woman in Museum Couple |
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Sandra Ball | ... | Mother on Beach 1 |
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Linda Eve Miller | ... | Mother on Beach 2 |
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Nancy Rommelmann | ... | Mother on Beach 3 |
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Tommy Ball | ... | Father on Beach |
Mason Carver is an academic suffering from stress. His wife arranges for him to spend a summer lodging at the Venice home of one of her relatives, Mona Dickens. Mrs. Dickens has a 17-year old stepson, Sebastian, a muscular, moody, and seductive young man who soon captures Carver's fantasies. Carver wants to resist, but temptation is strong. As Carver tries to summon the resolve to turn away from the boy, and with the rough trade of Venice's beach, board-walks, and public toilets at hand, it becomes clear that Sebastian is playing with fire, too. Is there a way out for Carver that also helps Sebastian find a safe passage to adulthood? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
...a dangerous one. A stressed middle age man. A sensual teenager. A murder. And large influences from "The death at Venice" by Thomas Mann and Luchino Visconti . Beautiful cinematography, wise use of clash between new Zeus and Ganymedes. and delicate way to translate in image the bitter air of a profound drama. Short- more than a beautiful short film.