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Asleep in a Storm (2013)
Rough and engaging, Asleep in a Storm combines young adult awkwardness with the importance of trust
Director Mancini's first feature length film is one that tells a tale of Pride, Humiliation, Jealousy, Deception, Revenge, and Forgiveness.
College is full of actors. With "adults" seeking their identity while being bombarded with rigorous academics, most students develop two faces: one for the stage, painted up to attend Carnival, and one for the mirror, reminiscent of The Picture of Dorian Gray.
The pride puffed Rob Connolly is by far the best at wearing a mask. He is also plagued by his hidden self-portrait. We are allowed to peer into his insecurities and we find that he sees things through very tinted glasses. He believes that his ex-girlfriend sold him out before his "big" moment. He also is egotistical enough to think a fellow classmate seeks to harm him. All of his flaws are caused by his anxiety-ridden duality of being Rob with the mask or Rob with the monster.
The low and luckless Sam Elmore plays the fool. His other self is dormant and in serious need of hope. He becomes the butt end of ridicule because of his awkwardness and long winded nature. Innocent and humiliated to the point of humility, Sam's constant questioning places him in the middle of a prank war between Pride and Jealousy.
Jealousy incarnate, Victor Hunt, is lawless and ruthless in his schemes to undermine Rob. Using whomever and whatever he will, Victor can rightly be described as "the RA from Hell". Subtle manipulation, mocking humiliation, and Fierce interrogation are his tools for bringing those around him to endless, sleepless nights.
Along with a slew of other side characters who search for their own masks, this film provides probing questions about our own identities. Learning to trust and to forgive those who fling arrows of outrageous fortune towards you has the effect to disarm the most devious devices and render the most potent poisons purposeless.
All around, Asleep in a Storm provides an enjoyable plot, brilliant character crisis, and a message of hope for those who seek their identities not in harm but in love.