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Tribeca Festival · 2019

Tribeca Festival 2019

US Narrative Competition

Programme

10 films · 4 reviews

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Blow The Man Down

While grieving for the loss of their mother, the Connolly Sisters suddenly find they have a crime to cover up, leading them deep into the underbelly of their salty Maine fishing village.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy; Writer: Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy; Stars: Morgan Saylor, Sophie Lowe, Margo Martindale, June Squibb, Annette O'Toole, Marceline Hugot)

World premiere

Burning Cane

A deeply religious mother in rural Louisiana struggles to reconcile her convictions of faith with the love she has for her troubled son.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Phillip Youmans; Writer: Phillip Youmans; Stars: Wendell Pierce, Karen Kaia Livers, Dominique McClellan, Braelyn Kelly, Emyri Crutchfield, Erika Woods, Cynthia Capers, Wendell Pierce, Karen Kaia Livers, Dominique McClellan, Braelyn Kelly, Emyri Crutchfield, Erika Woods, Cynthia Capers)

World premiere

Clementine

Review preview for Clementine

What does happen is likely nothing at all like what you expected to happen.

Jane Fae · 3.5 out of 5
Reeling from a one-sided break-up, heartbroken Karen breaks into her ex’s lakehouse. There, she strikes up a complicated relationship with provocative younger woman Lana.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Lara Jean Gallagher; Writer: Lara Jean Gallagher; Stars: Otmara Marrero, Sydney Sweeney, Will Brittain, Sonya Walger.)

Full review

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Gully

After surviving traumatic childhoods and socioeconomic hardships, three disillusioned teenagers reach their breaking points and go on a rampage through a dystopian modern day Los Angeles.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Nabil Elderkin; Writer: Marcus J Guillory; Stars: Amber Heard, Terrence Howard, John Corbett, Charlie Plummer, Robin Givens, Jonathan Majors, Jacob Latimore, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Hannah Bamberg, Travis Scott, David Garelik, Julia Rose, Chastity Dotson, Rayven Symone Ferrell, Erica Peeples)

World premiere

Initials S.G. (Iniciales SG)

Review preview for Initials S.G.

This is a gem of a role and Peretti allows himself to be fully absorbed by it.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
An ageing Argentine Serge Gainsbourg wannabe struggles with a career he can't seem to get on track, an affair he doesn't want, and a crime he didn't mean to commit.

(Country: Argentina, Lebanon, US; Year: 2019; Director: Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia; Writer: Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia; Stars: Julianne Nicholson, Diego Peretti, Julianne Nicholson, Diego Peretti)

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World premiere

Low Tide

Alan, Red, and Smitty spend high summer on the Jersey Shore roving the boardwalk and getting into trouble. But the discovery of good old fashioned treasure sets the friends on an escalating course of suspicion and violence.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Kevin McMullin; Writer: Kevin McMullin; Stars: Jaeden Lieberher, Shea Whigham, Keean Johnson, Kristine Froseth, James Paxton, Alex Neustaedter, Daniel Zolghadri, Camila Perez, Mike Hodge, Teddy Coluca, Nicholas Barasch, Khail Bryant, April Mauger, John Mondin, Michael David Baldwin)

World premiere

The Place Of No Words

A three-year-old asks his father: 'Where do we go when we die?' Together, they embark on an epic journey of fantasy realms and mythical creatures in a quest for the answer.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Mark Webber; Writer: Mark Webber; Stars: Teresa Palmer, Sarah Wright, Mark Webber, Eric Christian Olsen, Anna Schafer, Nicole Elizabeth Berger, Bodhi Palmer, Teresa Palmer, Sarah Wright, Mark Webber, Eric Christian Olsen, Anna Schafer, Nicole Elizabeth Berger, Bodhi Palmer)

World premiere

The Short History Of The Long Road

For teenage Nola, home is the open road with her self-reliant father and their trusty van, two nomads against the world. When Nola’s rootless existence is turned upside-down, she realises that life as an outsider might not be her only choice.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Ani Simon-Kennedy; Writer: Ani Simon-Kennedy; Stars: Maggie Siff, Danny Trejo, Sabrina Carpenter, Steven Ogg, Rusty Schwimmer, Jackamoe Buzzell, Lindsy Campbell, Jean Effron, Esodie Geiger, Andres Segura, Bob Jesser, Mike Miller, Alaina Warren Zachary, James Cady, Jashaun St. John)

World premiere

Stray Dolls

Review preview for Stray Dolls

Brilliantly composed, Stray Dolls finds beauty as well as ugliness in these desperate lives.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Riz is a recent South Asian immigrant who takes a job at a seedy motel in a bid to start over in America. The motel’s other employees and guests pull her back into a life she preferred to leave behind.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Sonejuhi Sinha; Writer: Charlotte Rabate, Sonejuhi Sinha; Stars: Cynthia Nixon, Olivia DeJonge, Robert Aramayo, Geetanjali Thapa, Samrat Chakrabarti, Alyssa Maria App, Shiloh Verrico, Kelvin McGrue, Yvette Williams, John Schiappa, David Tuttle, Cynthia Nixon, Olivia DeJonge, Robert Aramayo, Geetanjali Thapa)

Full review

World premiere

Swallow

Review preview for Swallow

It unfolds in a way that defies expectations, finding hope and humanity in unexpected places.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.

(Country: US, France; Year: 2019; Director: Carlo Mirabella-Davis; Writer: Carlo Mirabella-Davis; Stars: Haley Bennett, Austin Stowell, Denis O'Hare, Elizabeth Marvel, David Rasche, Luna Lauren Velez, Zabryna Guevara, Laith Nakli, Babak Tafti, Nicole Kang, Olivia Perez, Kristi Kirk, Alyssa Bresnahan, Laura Dias, Elise Santora)

Full review See: Interview with Carlo Mirabella-Davis about Swallow

World premiere