#98. The Girl is in Trouble
Director: Julius Onah
Writer(s): Onah and Mayuran Tiruchelvam
Producers: Mark W. Campbell, Jen Gatien, Dana Offenbach, Robert Profusek and Ryan Silbert
Distributor: Rights Available.
The Gist: This follows a Lower East Side bartender who unravels a mystery that connects a desperate young woman (Bachleda) to a missing drug dealer and the scion of New York’s most powerful stockbroker.….(more)
Cast: Columbus Short, Wilmer Valderrama, Alicja Bachleda, Jesse Spencer and Paz de la Huerta
List Worthy Reasons…: I bet you this is the only “thesis” film in the Top 100 list. Among Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film people of 2010, the first of several first-time filmmakers on our list, Julius Onah’ debut is backed by executive producer Spike Lee and comes carrying an eclectic combination of young players in Columbus Short, Wilmer Valderrama and Alicja Bachleda. This could be the great indie thriller that no one saw coming…well a couple of us did.
Release Date/Status?: Maybe SXSW, perhaps the Discovery section at TIFF.
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