Dear Friends,
At this year's Cannes Market we will be presenting a "festival favourite" PARADOX LAKE by Przemyslaw Reut. This American-German-Polish co-production was shown at or is invited to over 30 international film festivals on 4 continents. The director and myself will be present at this years Cannes Film Festival and the Market (in the MEDIA Pavilon) and would like to invite you to meet us regarding possible distribution of the picture. Please, take a minute to read about the film and what you see seems interesting - do contact us and let's meet in Cannes,
We are also finsihing the development stage of a new project, which builds a brand new film world due to extraordinary new film and computer effects techniques. We will have first draft materials for your consideration.
best ,
Marcin Kopec
Paradox Lake co-producer
Official selection (among others):
Sundance Film Festival - Competition, Berlin International Film Festival - Panorama, New Directors / New Films, London International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Vancouver Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Melbourne Film Festival
From press reviews:
"Arresting, haunting" A.O.Scott New York Times "Cutting-edge cinema" David Rooney Variety "Fascinating" Noah Cowan Filmmaker magazine "A film with a pulse" Gavin Smith Film Comment
Co-producer and Official Sales Agent in Cannes:
attn. Przemyslaw Reut
Marcin Kopec
mobile phone: +48 602 793 684
+48 600 328 455
e-mail: mkopec@nextmedia.pl
We will be present in the
Media Pavilon
Synopsis
Matt Wolf, a 25-year-old New Yorker, has a need for doing something meaningful with his life. After reading an add in a newspaper he volunteers to work for three weeks as a counselor on a summer camp for autistic children.
Matt is in charge of Rob and Wayne, two boys from a Special Need Unit. They, like most of the other kids in the unit, can't speak. They communicate with the outside world in a way inexperienced counselors can't understand. Through patience and care Matt manages to get closer to his kids and be liked by them. That's not the case with Ernie. His rough and angry way of treating his charges leads him nowhere. He keeps provoking Matt who stands up in kids' defense.
As the camp goes on Matt gets briefly involved with Rachel, an attractive counselor who takes care of a twelve-year-old camper Jessica. Jessica is probably the greatest fan of animal cartoons and fairy tales in the world. Her favorite activity is recreating stories she has observed using her huge collection of animal figurines. Matt notices that Jessica takes a particular interest in a toy wolf and a cat she hides in various parts of the camp. He suspects that Jessica tries to communicate something to him and decides to find out the meaning behind her game. He is not aware that uncovering Jessica's secret will ultimately uncover the big secret that lies deep within himself.
Principal Cast
Matt Wolf Matt Wolff
Jessica Jessica Fuchs
Rachel Phe Caplan
Mother Bella 'Jaffa' Levy
Ernie Ernie Jurez
Buddha John Gelin
Neurologist Dan Luciano M.D.
Special Appearances:
Family Doctor Beata Tyszkiewicz
Camp Director Jason Miller
All the characters in the movie (with the exception of Camp Director, Mother and Family Doctor) play 'themselves'. Ernie Jurez (Ernie), John Gelin (Buddha) and other counselors at the camp were employed by facility for autistic people at the time the movie was shot. All autistic people in the movie are real and so are the doctors.
Filmmakers
photographed, edited & directed Przemyslaw Reut
written by Wieslaw Saniewski
Przemyslaw Reut
produced by Ken Kushner
Przemyslaw Reut
co-producers Marcin Kopec
John Gelin
associate producers Eyal Levy
Jackie Nealon
Michael Almog
Wieslaw Saniewski
Leszek Orlewicz
Official movie website: www.paradoxlake.com
