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Encounters

[CITYI] | 2009 | 100 min | Feature Narrative

Directed by: Raymond De Felitta

(City Island)
USA

World Premiere

Interests: About Family,  Comedy,  Drama,  Family Issues,  NY Director,  NYcomp,  New York,  Returning Filmmaker

Official Website

Cast & Credits

Primary Cast:
Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Emily Mortimer, Alan Arkin, Steven Strait, Ezra Miller
Director(s):
Raymond De Felitta
Screenwriter:
Raymond De Felitta
Producer(s):
Raymond De Felitta, Andy Garcia, Lauren Versel, Zachary Matz
Cinematographer:
Vanja Cernjul
Production Designer:
Franckie Diago
Editor:
David Leonard
Original Score:
Jan AP Kaczmarek

Related Links

Panel: City Island
Tribeca Talks: The Future of the Independents
City Island Set for Theatrical Release
Raymond De Felitta's Blog
City Island Review
City Island on Daily Variety

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Synopsis

The Rizzo family lives on a little-known island in the Bronx that is as quaint and sleepy as any New England town. But the Rizzos are not as picturesque as the island they inhabit, and like most dysfunctional families, they all stop at nothing to avoid the truth. Vince (Andy Garcia) is the worst offender. He is a prison guard who is secretly taking acting lessons and plotting a new career. His daughter is moonlighting as a stripper, while young Vinnie Jr. has a hiden fetish involving a 300-pound neighbor. Vince's wife Joyce (Julianna Margulies) is the family's rock—usually—but lately she can't get her mind off of the mysterious hired help, whose identity only Vinnie knows.

Writer/director Raymond De Felitta (The Thing About My Folks, TFF '05) builds laughter and anticipation as the family's entangled untruths take us to a heart-clenching but tender finish. Drawing refreshing comedic performances from Garcia and Margulies, and memorable turns from Emily Mortimer and Alan Arkin as a fellow student and the teacher in Vince's acting class, De Felitta takes the age-old advice of George Bernard Shaw: "If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance." Let's just say the Rizzos are doing the tarantella.

--Genna Terranova

Winner: Heineken Audience Award First Place Winner.
As a result, this film will screen two additional times on
Sunday, May 3 at 12:30 pm and 6:30 pm.
For tickets, click here.

 

Director Raymond De Felitta counted down the days to Tribeca.
Read his blog today.

 

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+About The Director

Raymond De Felitta is an independent filmmaker whose work has been honored at Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, and SXSW. His AFI thesis short Bronx Cheers was nominated for an Oscar® in 1991 and the following year he won the AMPAS Nicholl Fellowship for screenwriting. He made his feature debut at Cannes with Café Society in 1996. His other features include Two Family House (winner of the 2000 Audience Award at the Sundance), The Thing About My Folks, and the documentary 'Tis Autumn - The Search for Jackie Paris. A lifelong jazz pianist, he has just completed a new CD with Peter Bogdanovich on vocals.

+Film Contacts

Sales Contact

Andrew Ruf
Paradigm
360 North Crescent Drive, North Bldg.
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone: (310) 288-8000
Email: aruf@paradigmagency.com

Print Source

Lauren Versel
Lucky Monkey Pictures
125 East 95th Street
New York, NY 10128
Phone: (212) 860-1642
Email: lv@luckymonkeypictures.com

International Sales Agent

Sharon Harel
West End Films
15 Greek Street, 2nd Floor
London, UK W1D 4DP
Phone: +44.20.74948300
Email: info@westendfilms.com

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