Four Months to Rest Thesis Film

LOGLINE: Confined to his bed, an idealistic college freshman must navigate a four-month span of limited mobility with his father as his only companion.

DESCRIPTION: 
This is a film closely tied to my personal experience. My freshman year at Wesleyan I sustained an accident where I was unable to walk for almost four months. Much of this film was ideated during that period of my life. 

 

THEMES: This is a film of vignettes of a formative time during a young person’s life. It is non-linear in structure with a driving use of poetic exposition and the relationship between the individual and their body. This film focuses on themes of mobility, trauma, and father-son dynamics. This film balances the fine line of comedy stemming from pain and taps into the 'real' experience of physical pain and limitation. 

THE TEAM: 
Jacques Boas, Director
Eliza Solomon, Assistant Director
Addie Gruszynski, Producer
Tommy Graves, Producer
Lydia Leiber, Director of Photography
Eliot Kimball, Assistant Camera
Lexa Krebs, Assistant Camera
Sophia Meloni, Gaffer
Gemmarosa Ryan, Gaffer
Emlyn Mileaf-Patel, Gaffer/Key Grip
Florence Finkelstein, Production Designer
Milla Ghandour, Costume Designer 
Ruby Solomon, PA
Zach Murgio, PA
Billi Newmyer, PA
Arielle Silvan, PA 

Starring
Robert Moderelli as ARLO
Webster Stone as DAD