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"Daniel, un joven londinense arrogante e inquieto está aburrido de su vida sin sentido. Busca la compasión de su vieja abuela judía, que lo envía a una misión a Europa para encontrar la tumba de su padre que desapareció durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Siguiendo el rastro de su abuelo, el viaje de Daniel lo lleva a París, Berlín, Praga, Budapest, y Sofía, que finalmente tuvo que huir Roma.

Cuando está viviendo una experiencia intensa tras otra, Daniel es atrapado en la confusión del cambio que ocurre en los antiguos países comunistas en el proceso de descubrimiento de sus raíces judías, que nunca le habían importado.

Lo que comenzó como una excusa simplemente para viajar y divertirse pronto se convertiría en una búsqueda obsesiva y un viaje de descubrimiento personal."

A primera vista, Daniel (Ash Newman), el insoportable héroe playboy adolescente de “Shem” de Caroline Roboh, rompe relaciones concurrentes con una mujer mayor (retratado por la Sra. Roboh, que también escribió y produjo) y su hijo. La aventura sexual es la fuerza que lo conduce a hacer piruetas alrededor de Londres pensando que él es el regalo de Dios para el hombre y la mujer.

Pero su existencia despreocupada es puesta en duda cuando su excéntrica abuela (Hadassah Hungar Diamant), la única persona por la cual él siente cariño de verdad, lo envía a una búsqueda inútil para localizar la tumba de su padre.

Viajando por París, Berlín, Praga, Budapest, Belgrado en Serbia y Sofía en Bulgaria, él aprende una o dos cosas sobre la vida, que los sentimientos del verdadero amor romántico pueden existir, inclusive para alguien que no le pueda corresponder. Él también recibe valiosas lecciones de historia sobre su antecedencia judía, que en el pasado significó muy poco para él.

El título "Shem" es un nombre hebreo. ¿Cuál es el valor de tener un nombre si no sabes quién eres? Daniel encontró su "shem" aunque no pudo encontrar algún rastro de su bisabuelo que murió sin haber dejado siquiera su "shem".

La fotografía es aturdidora, los paisajes son exuberantes y hermosos y el director da una definición distintiva a los valores y tradiciones de familia así como al descubrimiento personal.

Es un film personal y universal al mismo tiempo. Es una celebración gozosa de la vida entremezclada con las penas del pasado. ~ (revisión extraída)

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A Raw and Gifted
Ensemble Is Guided
by the Talent of
Director & Writer
Tadeo Garcia . .
A Voice to Hear . .
. . A Talent to Applaud!

Movie audiences are turning more serious attention to small Independent films for quality and meaning in story and in style and in brave confrontation with issues outside the perimeter of the Hollywood style films.
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An excellent example is this remarkable film by Tadeo Garcia whose first year in film school produced the outline of this little gem of a movie and whose courageous 'first film' gained the respect of screenwriter Roger B. Domain who helped him transfer the skeletal story into a full length film "On The Downlow', all on a budget of $8,000.!
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From the opening scenes we can sense that we are watching a love story, but it is a story of forbidden love: Angel (Michael Cortez) is escaping his Chicago street gang with the help of Isaac (Tony Sancho) and the two warmly human, supportive, sensitive young men flee to the territory of Isaac's low neighborhood where Angel, in order to be with his secret lover Isaac gives up his allegiance to his former gang and pledges to Isaac's gang. The rasty group is led by Reaper (Donato Cruz). Director Garcia reveals to us very gradually that Angel and Isaac are lovers. The union is suddenly shown physically in a surprising and prolonged passionate kiss and lovers embrace in an open night alley, an event which will trigger the force of destiny.

Discovering his gun Isaac's religious mother emotionally pleads with him not to carry the gun, avoid gang alliance and to repent his "ways". By contrast Angel's mother perceptively and lovingly acknowledges and accepts her sons' sexuality if it means his happiness. But life is as it is on the streets of south side Chicago and Angel is accepted into Isaac's gang after first having to undergo the cruel initiation beating that accompanies his joining. Reaper is later informed that Angel is an ex-gang member of the rival gang and Isaac is the one Reaper determines should kill the intruding and offending Angel. Issac desperately tries to arrange for the two lovers to escape Chicago but the inevitable happens and the ending is tragic but with undertones that are subtly captured by director Garcia's eye, mind, camera, and heart: the final confrontation scene ends with our enabled view of evidence that other members of the gang share the same 'on the downlow' as Angel and Isaac.

Michael Cortez and Tony Sancho completely embrace their dichotomous roles with sensitivity and professionalism and effectively animate their respective characters. The entire cast is filled with raw yet gifted talent: Beatriz Jamaica as Angel's mother and Carmen Cenko as Isaac's mother, Donato Cruz as Reaper, Adelina Quinones (a terrific screen presence) as Laura, Felipe Camacho as the Priest, and all the young men who convincingly bring the gang members to life.

Yes, there are evidences of low budget constraints, but the overwhelming success of the story of two young men in love against the backdrop of the hopelessness of gang violence and crime is brilliant evidence that director, writer Tadeo Garcia is a gifted talent to watch.

FILM INFORMATION: 'On The Downlow'
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Web: Additional Cast, Details and Bios at IMDb
Director: Tadeo Garcia
Writers: Roger B. Domian (writer) & Tadeo Garcia (writer)
Cast, Crew, & Credits: Full Cast, Crew & Credits
Genre: Drama
Awards: Numerous US and International awards
Runtime: 90 min
Spoken Language: English
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FILM CLIP: 'On The Downlow'



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"Unrequited love . . .
and who ain't
been there! . ."

The poor sound and lighting quality often inherent to low budget Indie's and the tedious plot set up have you just about to reach for the stop button when all of a sudden those low budget flaws become minor distractions when the story suddenly grips you and keeps you involved to the very last frame. And what a compelling story it is. Unrequited love and who ain't been there!

In small-town America, Troy (Lee Rumohr) and Merrick's (Matt Austin) sexual relationship functions on the premise that "as long as we don't kiss, we're not gay." But Troy, having come to terms with his homosexuality, finally realizes he needs more than just sex with Merrick - he needs the intimacy and emotional connection of a mature, honest relationship, a relationship symbolized by the ever elusive kiss.

A more apt name for this film would be 'Denial' for that is the emotional state of Merrick as well as Troy's fellow-jock Fowler, who, in a late night chance encounter with Troy in the school yard waxes with innuendo that he has had a long-term infatuation with Troy then flees in terror after realizing the scope of his revelation when Troy asks whether he feels he might be gay.

Troy, was the high school heart-throb, and has come out of the closet much to the chagrin of his small town circle of friends. Soon after his admittance, Merrick, his life long friend, breaks up with his girlfriend (Sara Kanter), and under the guise of friendship moves into Troys' one bedroom apartment. This new proximity including sharing a bed ignites buried emotions of desire in the two friends, emotions that they can no longer ignore or keep repressed.

A bizarre love triangle ensues, enveloping everyone surrounding Troy. As accusations, late night "sessions", and mixed signals fuel the inferno of self destruction, it becomes very difficult to determine who will survive this downward spiral to end up together, or ultimately be, denied.

This was Canadian actor Lee Rumohr's feature film debut. He has since developed a successful career in film, television and voice. His work has included the CBS mini-series "The Hades Factor", as a guest star on WB'S Emmy award winning show "Smallville". He has acted and performed stunt work on "1-800-Missing" with Vivica A. Fox, and had a recurring role on Show Time's "Queer As Folk" as Troy. Lee also made a guest star appearance on "Mutant X" as Lucian, directed by one of his favorite directors, the award winner Stacey S. Curtis and Disney's show "The Famous Jett Jackson".

FILM INFORMATION: 'Denied'

Web: Cast, Bios and Additional Details at IMDb
Director: David Scott
Writer: David Scott
Cast, Crew & Credits: Full Cast, Crew & Credits
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 96 min
Spoken Language: English

FILM CLIP: 'Denied'

. . people will pay
any price to
ensure that
their stories
are told . .

Writer/director Pedro Almodóvar's dark, sexy Hitchcock homage is his best work since his Oscar-winning All About My Mother, and deepened by a sun-dappled sadness.

Handsome, enigmatic Ángel (Gael García Bernal) arrives at the Spanish movie offices of director Enrique Goded (Fele Martinez) and happily proclaims that he's actually Enrique's long-lost school chum Ignacio--an announcement that is both less than convincing and more than it seems.

A novice actor, Ángel pitches a semi-autobiographical screenplay in which he's determined to star, a revenge-laden reflection of the doomed love he and Enrique shared as boys before a pedophile priest cruelly intervened.

The script, and the lost days it recalls, carefully unfurls into a series of brooding movies-within-movies and memories-inside-memories, which allow the sensual, multiple-role-playing Bernal to give the performance of his young career--among other things, he makes a stunningly convincing drag queen--and Almodóvar the opportunity to movingly suggest that people will pay any price to ensure that their stories are told.

Film Informaton: 'Bad Education'

Web: Cast, Bios and Additional Information at at IMDb
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Writer: Pedro Almodóvar
Credits: Full Cast, Crew & Credits
Genre: Drama | Mystery
Awards: Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 11 wins & 30 nominations
Runtime: 106 min
Spoken Language: Spanish
Subtitled in: English

An interview with 'Bad Education' star, Gael Garcia Bernal



Film Files: 'Bad Education'

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