#55. The Girl
Director/Writer: David Riker
Producers: Paul Mezey
Distributor: Rights Available
The Gist: A young mother from South Texas is thrown into an unexpected and life-changing journey when her attempt to smuggle immigrants across the border goes terribly wrong…(more)
Cast: Abbie Cornish, Will Patton and Giovanna Zacarías
List Worthy Reasons…: An indie project that has been in the works for quite some time now (it was workshopped at Sundance in 2007 and was one of the 2009 Sundance NHK Filmmaker Award winners) it would be an understatement to say we can’t wait to see how David Riker follows up 1998’s La Ciudad with this sophomore picture which could incidentally become more political due to the 2012 presidential climate. We imagine this to be a back breaking drama and Cornish might fall into the heroine/best actress territory that a Jennifer Lawrence was in for Winter’s Bone.
Release Date/Status?: We would have bet the farm that this was going to this year’s Sundance, but the filmmaker did feature his first film at TIFF back in 1998 – so perhaps the aim is a huge international film festival to launch foreign sales.
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