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Defying Gravity

Filmmaker: Lisa Savy
Year: 2008
Length: 90 Minutes
Color: COLOR
Details: SD
Cast: Joey Bachrach, Willam Belli, Stephen Berman

Description

Cassandra, a mute runaway girl, takes refuge in the Jewish cemetery in which her mother is laid to rest. She is watched over by Jorge, the cemetery caretaker, an illegal immigrant. Shore is a dynamic, handsome, and brilliant young man who also happens to be homeless. After almost hitting Cassandra in his dilapidated VW bus, he becomes fascinated by the gothic cemetery waif and attempts to befriend her. A sequence of events results in Cass getting lost. Jorge and Shore flee the cemetery in a stolen hearse to find Cassandra before her abusive stepfather does. All paths lead to Yermo, California - the site of a roadside diner and a feisty but compassionate transvestite waitress named Lola.

Notes

Director's Choice Award
Fallbrook Film Festival

LBGQXT Themed

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