| Session 29 Thursday April 23, 8:00pm – 10:30pm AMC/LOEWS Boston Common: 175 Tremont St. Boston |
Taken 24min
One day in a session bestselling psychologist Gerald is
led to a magical realm by an enchanting young woman
named Emily and is barely able to function afterwards.
Her beauty as well as literary expertise has a
mesmerizing effect on what he thought was his highly
fortified mind, taking him to other dimensions causing him
to hallucinate romantic poetry. Not only that but he has
given his heart and soul to her. Or has she taken them?
His psychologist friend and colleague, the romantically
inclined Andrew, is thrilled as well as cautionary that his
stilted friend has found love and romance. This is Keat’s
La Belle Dame Sans Merci after all but she sounds
dangerous. He also learns that Gerald has written
another book based on his otherworldly experiences. Is it
another bestseller? We later discover that the book
actually comes from Emily and is steeped in alchemical
lore. Gerald is not Emily’s only target. She has Gerald’s
publisher Diana in her sights and attempts to mesmerize
her in a meeting. She is surprised that Diana has similar
skills but overwhelms her non the less and Diana
complies to publish. Gerald, apparently days absent, is
sought by Andrew. In Gerald’s empty office he spots a
manuscript with a note bequeathing it to him. We see
Gerald and Emily joyously sipping wine, obviously in
another spell of Emily’s, or is it mutual this time? Finally
Emily is escorted to an unseen realm by nature spirits
leaving Gerald to ponder.
Cast: Gerry Lehane, Julie Webster, Amber Voiles, John
Hadden
Writer: Jason Slater Brown
Director: Jason Slater Brown, John Hadden
Producer: Jason Slater Brown, John Hadden
Producer, DP: Rick Sands
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White Elephants 24min
White Elephants is a sensitive, slice-of-life story involving
a young couple going through the normal course of their
day, while coming to terms with an unexpected medical
diagnosis. The film is a reflection on the unfortunate
hardships that can befall any couple, the decisions we
are sometimes forced to make, and the ability to support
one another as best as one knows how.
Cast: Ashley James, Harrison Lees, Ellen Kwan, Jennifer
Jacobs
Writer: Chris Portal, Ellen Portal (Co-Writer)
Director, Producer Chris Portal
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Home 84min
HOME is the story of a poet and mother who must
overcome addiction for the love of her young daughter.
Faced with the aftermath of breast cancer and a distant
marriage, Inga struggles to maintain her love for life and
it's simple pleasures which inspire her poetry. But she is
turning to alcohol to cope with her loneliness and her
own mortality. Her young daughter is trying to intervene
to save her mother, but only after truly facing herself and
what she has become is Inga able to transform.
Cast: Marcia Gay Harden, Eulala Scheel, Marian Seldes,
Michael Gaston
Writer: Mary Haverstick
Director: Michele Mercure
Producer: Mary Haverstick, Michele Mercure
DP: Richard Rutkowski
One day in a session bestselling psychologist Gerald is
led to a magical realm by an enchanting young woman
named Emily and is barely able to function afterwards.
Her beauty as well as literary expertise has a
mesmerizing effect on what he thought was his highly
fortified mind, taking him to other dimensions causing him
to hallucinate romantic poetry. Not only that but he has
given his heart and soul to her. Or has she taken them?
His psychologist friend and colleague, the romantically
inclined Andrew, is thrilled as well as cautionary that his
stilted friend has found love and romance. This is Keat’s
La Belle Dame Sans Merci after all but she sounds
dangerous. He also learns that Gerald has written
another book based on his otherworldly experiences. Is it
another bestseller? We later discover that the book
actually comes from Emily and is steeped in alchemical
lore. Gerald is not Emily’s only target. She has Gerald’s
publisher Diana in her sights and attempts to mesmerize
her in a meeting. She is surprised that Diana has similar
skills but overwhelms her non the less and Diana
complies to publish. Gerald, apparently days absent, is
sought by Andrew. In Gerald’s empty office he spots a
manuscript with a note bequeathing it to him. We see
Gerald and Emily joyously sipping wine, obviously in
another spell of Emily’s, or is it mutual this time? Finally
Emily is escorted to an unseen realm by nature spirits
leaving Gerald to ponder.
Cast: Gerry Lehane, Julie Webster, Amber Voiles, John
Hadden
Writer: Jason Slater Brown
Director: Jason Slater Brown, John Hadden
Producer: Jason Slater Brown, John Hadden
Producer, DP: Rick Sands
________________________________________
White Elephants 24min
White Elephants is a sensitive, slice-of-life story involving
a young couple going through the normal course of their
day, while coming to terms with an unexpected medical
diagnosis. The film is a reflection on the unfortunate
hardships that can befall any couple, the decisions we
are sometimes forced to make, and the ability to support
one another as best as one knows how.
Cast: Ashley James, Harrison Lees, Ellen Kwan, Jennifer
Jacobs
Writer: Chris Portal, Ellen Portal (Co-Writer)
Director, Producer Chris Portal
________________________________________
Home 84min
HOME is the story of a poet and mother who must
overcome addiction for the love of her young daughter.
Faced with the aftermath of breast cancer and a distant
marriage, Inga struggles to maintain her love for life and
it's simple pleasures which inspire her poetry. But she is
turning to alcohol to cope with her loneliness and her
own mortality. Her young daughter is trying to intervene
to save her mother, but only after truly facing herself and
what she has become is Inga able to transform.
Cast: Marcia Gay Harden, Eulala Scheel, Marian Seldes,
Michael Gaston
Writer: Mary Haverstick
Director: Michele Mercure
Producer: Mary Haverstick, Michele Mercure
DP: Richard Rutkowski
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