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Directed by Daniel Patrick Carbone

HIDE YOUR SMILING FACES

Hide Your Smiling Faces
Hide Your Smiling Faces
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After a neighborhood tragedy, two young brothers — nine-year-old Tommy (Ryan Jones) and 14-year-old Eric (Nathan Varnson) — confront changing relationships, the mystery of nature, and their own mortality. A dreamlike portrait of adolescence unfolding over one hot, hazy summer, HIDE YOUR SMILING FACES is a startling debut, exploring rural American life through the distorted lens of youth.

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After a neighborhood tragedy, two young brothers — nine-year-old Tommy (Ryan Jones) and 14-year-old Eric (Nathan Varnson) — confront changing relationships, the mystery of nature, and their own mortality. A dreamlike portrait of adolescence unfolding over one hot, hazy summer, HIDE YOUR SMILING FACES is a startling debut, exploring rural American life through the distorted lens of youth.

Film Information
Year: 2013
Length: 80 minutes
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Country: USA
Premiere: North American
Cast & Credits
Editor: Daniel Patrick Carbone
Producer: Matthew Petock, Zachary Shedd, Daniel Patrick Carbone, Jordan Bailey-Hoover
Composer: Robert Donne
Director: Daniel Patrick Carbone
Screenwriter: Daniel Patrick Carbone
Cinematographer: Nick Bentgen
Cast: Ryan Jones, Nathan Varnson, Colm O'Leary, Thomas Cruz, Christina Starbuck, Chris Kies
Production Designer: Charlotte Royer
Sound Design: Chris Foster
About the Director(s)
DANIEL PATRICK CARBONE is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In 2008, he received the Warner Bros. Film Award for his short Feral, which went on to screen at multiple international film festivals. He is currently at work on the feature documentary Phantom Cowboys. He lives in Brooklyn.
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"Critics' Pick! Haunting...gorgeously photographed." – Stephen Holden, The New York Times

"Meditative, haunting and yet still very beautiful. Daniel Patrick Carbone is a true discovery and a revelation — a bright, thoughtful filmmaker who's now one to immediately pay attention to and watch." – Rodrigo Perez, The Playlist