Screenplay
A beautiful but disturbed young woman returns to the US after combat as a American mercenary in Iraq and abducts a 14 year old New York boy, holding him prisoner in her isolated country home as a bizarre relationship develops.
Writer
South of the Moon is the story of a young boy and his uncle, one dealing with the complexity and confusion of adolescence, the other with the pain and torment of regret. A pensive twelve year old swimmer is faced with a decision that will put the past on a direct collision course with the present in first-time feature filmmaker Antonio DiVerdis' wistful, character-driven drama. Coleman Hawkins is teetering on the brink of adulthood. By night Coleman is haunted by a mysterious woman, and by day he's infatuated with pretty classmate Alexa. Unsure of which path to walk in life, promising swimmer Coleman continually seeks out the advice of his uncle Matt...
Writer
La Autopista de Long Island (L.I.E.), la carretera que atraviesa la zona suburbana de Long Island con sus "calles moviéndose al este, calles moviéndose al oeste, y las calles que te llevan directamente al infierno" sirve como la metáfora central de esta reflexión sobre la adolescencia y su vulnerabilidad. Howie Blitzer (Paul Franklin Dano) es un chico de quince años sensible y miembro de una pandilla muy peculiar y peligrosa. La reciente muerte de su madre (en un accidente de coche en la salida 52 de L.I.E.) y la indiferencia de su padre (Bruce Altman), le hacen sentirse abandonado en medio de un mundo lleno de sexo, violencia, y peligro. Cuando su mejor amigo Gary (Billy Kay) le convence para robar la casa de su "particular" vecino, Big John, de 60 años (Brian Cox), el escaso equilibrio de su naturaleza adolescente desaparece por completo...
