A kaleidoscopic film portrait of Shelly Brown, a twenty-three year-old alienated urban misfit recently released from a psychiatric hospital.
Director:
Ry Russo-Young
From metacritic.com
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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Stella Schnabel | ... | Shelly Brown |
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Simon O'Connor | ... | Simon |
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Zachary Tucker | ... | David (as Zack Tucker) |
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Noah Kimmerling | ... | Dr. Schwartz |
Carlen Altman | ... | Carlen | |
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Sarah Ball | ... | Frank |
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Borden Capalino | ... | Jesse |
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Josephine Wheelwright | ... | Rachel |
David Anzuelo | ... | Pablo Martinez | |
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Rene Ricard | ... | Allen B. Poor |
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Gil Kofman | ... | Don |
Barlow Jacobs | ... | Sparks | |
Aaron Katz | ... | Joe | |
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Alison Wonderland | ... | Lucy |
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Gina Abatemarco | ... | Shelly's Mother (voice) |
A kaleidoscopic film portrait of Shelly Brown, a twenty-three year-old alienated urban misfit recently released from a psychiatric hospital.
Just saw this incredibly dynamic, kinetically charged film at MethodFest and it really shook me up. Perhaps partly because I aspire to this level of film-making, perhaps partly because it's one of the most honest, gripping and fiercely performed films I've seen in years -- I just lost myself in its tonal poetry, sexual urgency and cathartic danger.
Ry Russo-Young was not only able to assemble a sparkling, freshly defiant cast -- but make what I would call a "complete" film --- the type of film that can only be created by a unique filmmaker with a strong, singular vision. The bombastic ride she takes us with with her lead actress (Stella Schnabel in a gut-wrenching, breakout performance) is like a tapestry of love, sex, deceit, failure and life.... always life, brimming on the streets of New York, in the audition rooms of pretentious theatre directors, in the heartbreak of a girl so sure of herself, she can't realize how broken she very well might be. See it, request it, watch it. WPS