Another View 2013 / This Is Martin Bonner / USA 2013
After moving to a small town, Martin Bonner works helping parolees adjust, and even though he is pushing 60 he wants to begin leading a new life. This fresh meditation on friendship and the possibilities of getting a second wind in life gains support from sparsely emotional performances and inconspicuous yet resourceful direction.
Approaching sixty, Martin Bonner is getting ready to move to a small American town and start his life over. The divorced Australian father of two adult children has just found work in a Christian nonprofit organization which helps parolees reenter society. One of these is Travis Holloway, a shy fortysomething who did twelve years for murder and is now gradually getting his bearings in a world without bars. Chad Hartigan’s second film is a gentle and realistic portrait of two men who may be uprooted but who are far from lost. Although inconspicuous, Hartigan’s directorial style is very carefully thought out. Lead actors Paul Eenhoorn and Richmond Arquette turn in masterful, sparsely emotional performances, while director of photography Sean McElwee’s largely static camera and the expressive musical score are other pluses in this fresh meditation on friendship and the possibility of getting a second wind in life.
83 min / Color, HD CAM
Director Chad Hartigan
/ Screenplay Chad Hartigan
/ Dir. of Photography Sean McElwee
/ Music Keegan DeWitt
/ Editor Julio C. Perez IV
/ Producer Cherie Saulter
/ Production 600 West Productions, LLC
/ Cast Paul Eenhoorn, Richmond Arquette, Sam Buchanan
/ Contact Chad Hartigan, ICM Partners
www: www.martinbonner.com
Chad Hartigan (b. 1982, Nicosia, Cyprus) is the son of an Irish father and an American mother (missionaries both). He graduated in direction from the North Carolina School of the Arts, School of Filmmaking. His feature writer-director debut Luke and Brie Are on a First Date (2008) premiered in competition at the Hamptons IFF; in 2013 the film was flattered with a South American remake under the title Luna en Leo. His second feature This Is Martin Bonner first screened at Sundance where it picked up the Audience Award for Best of NEXT, subsequently earning a variety of awards at other festivals.
Chad Hartigan
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Chad Hartigan
Film Director
Richmond Arquette
Actor
Keegen Dewitt
Music Composer
Margaret Dewitt
Film Crew
Lauren Smitelli
Film Crew
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