The Surface
Evan, an orphaned 22-year-old who grew up in the foster care system, buys a vintage 8mm camera in a yard sale from an elderly man, ends up with reels of the man's old home movies, and begins to live vicariously through these home movies.
- 5.8
- 2015
- Released
- 1h 19m
Harry Hains
Evan Jones
Nicholas McDonald
Chris StentzMichael Redford
Peter BergKyle Patrick Darling
Justin FishmanSamantha Bowling
Michelle
Jinny Chung
Amy ChenRobert E. Weiner
Harry BergIva Turner
Yard Sale Shopper
Koji Niiya
John the BartenderAri David
A.J. Party GuyDevon Walker
Party GuyCraig Weiffenbach
Angry Pool Man
Gabe White
Young Peter Berg
Miles Platt
Mark
Bryson Pitts
Young EvanCasey Sullivan
Tom, Evan's StepfatherStephanie Lehrer
Marie's Friend, Woman at Dinner 1
Ivan Bohman
Bob, Man at Dinner 1Romi Cortier
Richard, Man at Dinner 2Kendra Nicholson
Marie, Woman at Dinner 2Benjamin Dennis
JakeMichelle Ehlen
Evie
Released
en
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- #beach
- #swimming pool
- #film in film
- #swimming
- #gardener
- #death
- #child abandonment
- #gardening
- #film editor
- #8mm
- #relationships
- #gay relationship
Reviews
arry Hains' portrayal of "Evan", an orphaned 22 year old is quite sensitive in this melodrama about a lad searching for a sense of identity and for family. He buys an old movie camera and some films and sets about restoring them to discover they are about the family of the man he bought it from. This triggers in him a need for a sort of emotional freedom so he splits from his long term boyfriend a