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The hero of Victor Nunez’s drama about family, art, and self-determina-
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Two children – an 11-year-old boy and his eight-year-old sister – are on
Director: Victor Nunez tion is one Cruz Montoya (Mexican star Kuno Becker), a bright light of Director: David Lowery the run across rural Texas. It’s not clear why; it’s only clear that there
Producers: Karen Koch, the West Coast poetry circuit who returns to his rural New Mexico when Producers: James M. Johnston,
is a reason for their flight and that they are skilled at being on their
William T. Conway
he learns that his father (Rubén Blades) is dying. But once he gets home,
Adam Donaghey
own. They know how to hide; they know when they’re about to be
Screenwriters: William T. Conway, he falls in with bad company left over from the old days, and he yields Screenwriter: David Lowery discovered; they can forage for food, cook it, and find a safe place to
Joe Ray Sandoval
to the temptations of late-night revelry and easy drug money. Blurred Cinematographer: Clay Liford sleep for the night. They take cover in barns and stroll through pastures,
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Cinematographer: Virgil Mirano
and distracted, Cruz very nearly loses his poetic voice – and his artistic
Editor: David Lowery
piquing the interest of farm animals; they move on with hardly a look
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identity.
Cast: Tucker Sears, Savannah Sears
back – and their sense of loneliness and danger is palpable. This is not
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Cast: Kuno Becker, Rubén Blades,
2009 / color / 86 min.
an adventure; there is no joy here. Rarely do the siblings speak; the
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Miguel Sandoval, Persia White
Inspired by the real-life struggles of Santa Fe spoken-word artist Joe fabric of their relationship is woven from the things they must do, not
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2009 / color / 115 min. Ray Sandoval, writer/producer William T. Conway and producer Karen the words they share. Even when winter sets in and they find refuge in a
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Koch fashioned a screenplay that Nunez (Ulee’s Gold, Ruby in Paradise) deserted house in the country, they know rest from their labors must be
ViCTor nunEz
left his Florida comfort zone to direct because, he says, “I’m always
DaViD LoWErY
brief before their escape continues.
Victor Nunez has a distinguished interested in stories about people finding their place in the world – or From Texas, David Lowery has worked
career in independent filmmaking,
finding their way back to the world.”
as an editor, cinematographer,
Contemplating, poetically and with a deliberate sense of pace, the thin
highlighted with his 1997 hit Ulee’s
producer, writer, and camera assistant.
line between vulnerability and resilience, freedom and oppression,
Gold. Nunez is a founding member of His own work has screened at
the Independent Feature Project and
Filmed on locations in Santa Fe, Chimayo, Espanola, and Truchas, New
Slamdance and SXSW as well as on IFC
writer/director/editor David Lowery – an alumnus of the Berlinale Talent
the Sundance Institute and teaches
Mexico, Spoken Word gives off the authentic heat of the Southwest as
and PBS. Lowery is a two-time recipient
Campus – creates an extraordinary portrait of childhood.
directing and writing at Florida it explores, in the words of leading man Becker, the “roller-coaster of of a TFPF Production Grant. St. Nick is
State University Film School. He has
emotions” his demon-plagued character rides in the form of volatile
his feature film debut.
served as a judge for the New York,
relationships.
Sundance, and Miami Film Festivals.
Three of his films were selected for the
Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes.
Selected Filmography
Coastlines (2002)
Ruby in Paradise (1993)
A Flash of Green (1984)
Gal Young ’Un (1979)
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