Saturday May 27, 3:45pm Broadway Performance Hall
Monday May 29, 1:30pm Broadway Performance Hall
"Ninety percent of all people's problems are because of the inability to get over the past."
A tree house is firebombed with tragic consequences that alter the lives of three children in Michael Cuesta's second feature Twelve and Holding. Hatred and guilt as intense as the fire that took his twin brother consume Jake (Conor Donovan). "He's not in class anymore, he's dead." Leonard (Jesse Camacho) survives the fire, but looses his sense of taste. "You can't just eat apples all the time, it's unhealthy!" His decision to overcome his own obesity effects his entire family. Malee believes her emerging adulthood will save her without the help of an insensitive mother. Anthony Cipriano's screenplay concludes with some ambiguity, but draws a compelling picture from a wonderfully epic use of metaphor, set to a smart and appealing pop score. With a scope and style reminiscent of films like Bully and River's Edge, Twelve and Holding is a sensitive look at accepting life's emotional trauma and overcoming it.
Monday May 29, 1:30pm Broadway Performance Hall
"Ninety percent of all people's problems are because of the inability to get over the past."
A tree house is firebombed with tragic consequences that alter the lives of three children in Michael Cuesta's second feature Twelve and Holding. Hatred and guilt as intense as the fire that took his twin brother consume Jake (Conor Donovan). "He's not in class anymore, he's dead." Leonard (Jesse Camacho) survives the fire, but looses his sense of taste. "You can't just eat apples all the time, it's unhealthy!" His decision to overcome his own obesity effects his entire family. Malee believes her emerging adulthood will save her without the help of an insensitive mother. Anthony Cipriano's screenplay concludes with some ambiguity, but draws a compelling picture from a wonderfully epic use of metaphor, set to a smart and appealing pop score. With a scope and style reminiscent of films like Bully and River's Edge, Twelve and Holding is a sensitive look at accepting life's emotional trauma and overcoming it.