Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
John Mellencamp | ... | Joe MacCormack | |
Terrylene | ... | Laura | |
Michael Zelniker | ... | Rye | |
Louise Fletcher | ... | Aunt Cora | |
Billy Burke | ... | Sammy | |
Michael Twaine | ... | Detective Conway | |
Kristen Royal | ... | Christine D'Angelo | |
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Mark S. Almekinder | ... | Dr. Morris |
Dea Lawrence | ... | Interpreter | |
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Charlie Smith | ... | Priest |
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Gary Ciula | ... | Police Sketch Artist |
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Bradford B. Moody | ... | Antique Dealer |
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Dina Corsetti | ... | Mrs. D'Angelo |
Otis Young | ... | Egg Factory Foreman | |
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Erica Calman | ... | Stab Victim |
The crime photographer Joe MacCormack is tired of his profession and he quits his job and he visits his Aunt Cora that has raised his brother and him since they were boys. Joe meets the deaf Laura, who helps his aunt in housekeeping and has visions of death, and they feel attracted for each other. Meanwhile a serial-killer is threatening Laura. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hollywood is full of people who have taken basic screen writing courses, people who have been forced to see everything in terms of 3-act structure and what the protagonist wants and how he acts to achieve his goals. You can't swing a dead cat in the movie biz without hitting someone who has this stuff burned into their cerebral cortex.
But somehow the producers did.
If you don't know about classic screenplay structure it's just a boring movie that seems longer than its 91 minutes, but if you do it's a fascinating series of bad decisions. I was considering adding spoilers here but I'm not even sure you can spoil this story. It's an anti-story.
The plus is that the photography is really quite lovely. If you are a trained CINEMATOGRAPHER, you might think this is pretty good.