The Surface

Unrated

6/27/20151h 19m

Theatrical Release (US)

Overview:

Evan, an orphaned 22-year-old who grew up in the foster care system, buys a vintage 8mm camera in a yard sale from an elderly man, ends up with reels of the man's old home movies, and begins to live vicariously through these home movies.

Director:

Michael J. Saul

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

rose garden
beach
swimming pool
film in film
swimming
gardener
death
child abandonment
gardening
film editor
8mm
relationships
gay relationship

Cast

Harry Hains

~ as ~

Evan Jones

Nicholas McDonald

~ as ~

Chris Stentz

Michael Redford

~ as ~

Peter Berg

Kyle Patrick Darling

~ as ~

Justin Fishman

Samantha Bowling

~ as ~

Michelle

Jinny Chung

~ as ~

Amy Chen

Robert E. Weiner

~ as ~

Harry Berg

Iva Turner

~ as ~

Yard Sale Shopper

Koji Niiya

~ as ~

John the Bartender

Ari David

~ as ~

A.J. Party Guy

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
arry Hains' portrayal of "Evan", an orphaned 22 year old is quite sensitive in this melodrama about a lad searching for a sense of identity and for family. He buys an old movie camera and some films and sets about restoring them to discover they are about the family of the man he bought it from. This triggers in him a need for a sort of emotional freedom so he splits from his long term boyfriend and takes up with the son of the man who sold him the camera. It's a good looking, if hardly ground breaking, film that tries to deal with self-appreciation and longing; and it makes a decent fist of it.