Review by: Marijke
Lake Los Angeles was a movie about a middle aged Cuban and a 10 year old Mexican girl—who meet at the beginning of the movie and then again right at the very end. What the purpose of the movie was, is as yet to be determined, as the man appeared to be involved in some part of the chain to smuggle illegal Mexicans across the Mexican border, and the girl was in one of those shipments. The remainder of the movie showed two separate lives. The man pining about his wife and two kids back in Cuba and the girl fending for herself in an old desert house talking to a mythical “old man” in her snow globe. There audience was given suspense, however, as the audience seemed to be kept waiting over and over again to see if something dramatic or worth while watching was going to occur. Nothing dramatic really occurred, which really made the move a little long winded. Furthermore, a few times the close ups chopped off the top of the heads of the characters, which left a lot to be said for the photography.
All in all, this move gets 3 out of 5.
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http://www.sarasotafilmfestival.com/
Lake Los Angeles
Feature | 85 Min
Two undocumented immigrants (a middle-aged Cuban man and a ten-year-old Mexican girl) develop a bond over being away from home and their families in the hopeless back-drop of Lake Los Angeles. The ethereal, light-saturated cinematography, mystically amplified sound design, and hypnotic music capture the desolate atmosphere with a mix of magical realism and earthly reality. After premiering at the Los Angeles Film Festival, this film went on to win the Grand Jury Prize at the Urbanworld Film Festival in New York City.
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| Genre: |
Narrative |
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Drama |
| English Title: |
Lake Los Angeles |
| Category: |
Narrative Feature |
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Independent Visions |
| Release Year: |
2014 |
| Runtime: |
85 minutes |
| Type of Film: |
Narrative Feature |
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Independent Visions Competition |
| Production Country: |
USA |
| Original Language: |
Spanish |
| Subtitles: |
English |
| Website: |
www.lakelosangelesmovie.com |
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https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lake-Los-Angeles/466143060118943?sk=timeline |
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| Cast: |
Roberto Sanchez |
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Johanna Trujillo |
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Eloy Mendez |
| Director: |
Mike Ott |
| Executive Producer: |
Dawn Densmore |
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Athina Rachel Tsangari |
| Produced By: |
Atsuko Okatsuka |
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Trinity Shi |
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Frederick Thornton |
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Drea Clark |
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Alex Gioulakis |
| Screenwriter: |
Atsuko Okatsuka |
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Mike Ott |
| Cinematography: |
Mike Gioulakis |
| Editing By: |
Santos S. Santos |
| Production Design by: |
Minjung Kim |
| Music By: |
María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir |
Review of “Lake Los Angeles” at the Sarasota Film Festival #SFF2015
April 19, 2015 Comment Off 34 ViewsReview by: Marijke
Lake Los Angeles was a movie about a middle aged Cuban and a 10 year old Mexican girl—who meet at the beginning of the movie and then again right at the very end. What the purpose of the movie was, is as yet to be determined, as the man appeared to be involved in some part of the chain to smuggle illegal Mexicans across the Mexican border, and the girl was in one of those shipments. The remainder of the movie showed two separate lives. The man pining about his wife and two kids back in Cuba and the girl fending for herself in an old desert house talking to a mythical “old man” in her snow globe. There audience was given suspense, however, as the audience seemed to be kept waiting over and over again to see if something dramatic or worth while watching was going to occur. Nothing dramatic really occurred, which really made the move a little long winded. Furthermore, a few times the close ups chopped off the top of the heads of the characters, which left a lot to be said for the photography.
All in all, this move gets 3 out of 5.
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http://www.sarasotafilmfestival.com/
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