Come Away With Me is a powerful, heart-felt short film relating to the issues of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Alzheimer’s Disease. It won the Platinum Remi Award at WorldFest in Houston this year, the Best Director Award in the Woods Hole Film Festival, and recently came back from the Diversity in Cannes Film Festival.
The cast includes actor/director Ellen Gerstein (Shameless, Southland, & James Dean) and actor, Charlie Robinson (Night Court, Hart of Dixie, & The Game). Lastly, Hollie Cavanagh (American Idol Top 4) sang the title track song from the film called, “Come Away With Me Tonight.”
2015, Colour, USA, Focus on World Cinema – short films
Production Team
Director : Ellen Gerstein
Screenwriter : Dave Field
Cinematographer : Polly Morgan
Cast : Charlie Robinson, Ellen Gerstein
Music : Aaron Gilhuis
Film production and Sales : Prod.: Julie Janata, Ellen Gerstein, Lulu Productions, 454 North Orlando Ave. Los Angeles CA 90048 (États-Unis), luluproductions4@gmail.com.
Synopsis
Anne summons the courage to go to her high school reunion, hoping to rekindle the romance with Michael, a war hero with PTSD and Alzheimer’s and the love of her life.
Director
— Trained as an actress by Lee Strasberg, Ellen Gerstein is also a director and producer. Filmography: Waiting for Ronald (2003), Sylvie Rents a Kid (2013).
Projections
Wednesday September 2, 2015 – 04:00 PM – CINÉMA QUARTIER LATIN 11
Monday September 7, 2015 – 11:40 AM – CINÉMA QUARTIER LATIN 12
01.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival’s blog
Cat. : FILM
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