Heiners Filmseiten – South of the Moon (es)

South of the Moon

Francés título: Le Sud de la Lune
Rusia título: К югу от Луны
Título original: South of the Moon

Familiendrama – Kanada
Año de producción: 2007
Duración: 102 minutos

Dirección: Antonio DiVerdis
Guionista: Antonio DiVerdis, Stephen M. Ryder
Fotografía: Bruno Philip
Música: Silent Blue

Sinopsis:

Â»South of the Moon« is the story of a twelve-year-old boy and his uncle, one dealing with the complexity and confusion of adolescence, the other with the pain and torment of regret. It is the story of well-intentioned people, flawed and imperfect by nature, in their personal quest for love, acceptance and redemption.

Twelve-year-old Coleman Hawkins, an Anglo boy of Irish descent, is at the cusp of his sexual awakening. The only child of a loveless marriage, he lives with his parents in a small town outside Montreal. Haunted at night by a mysterious woman and distracted during school hours by his beautiful classmate, Alexa, Coleman turns to his Uncle Matt for advice and direction. But Matt Hawkins, an eccentric hard-drinking musician, has his own demons to deal with and Coleman’s constant questions trigger vivid memories of lost love and a tormented past. When Coleman is presented with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go to Vancouver to train with the Canadian Olympic Swim Team, the decision becomes the catalyst that brings the past into a direct collision course with the present.

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