Jules of Light and Dark
- Director: Daniel Laabs
- Writer: Daniel Laabs
- Producer: Daniel Laabs; Liz Cardenas; Judd Myers; Cameron Bruce Nelson; Adrian Testolin; Russell Sheaffer; Jeff Walker
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In present-day Texas, Maya (Tallie Medel) and her on again, off again girlfriend Jules (Betsy Holt) total their car after a night of backwoods raving and teen mischief. They’re rescued from the wreckage by Freddy (Robert Longstreet), a divorced oil worker whose stoic facade crumbles as he comes to see himself, and his repressed desires, in Maya. As Jules recovers, Maya and Freddy develop a rapport that dulls the debilitating silence of their small-town lives. Together, they subtly encourage one another to chase after what they want the most (or at least figure out what that might be).
JULES OF LIGHT AND DARK is an iridescent coming-of-age story boasting the rural isolation of Deb Shoval’s AWOL and the wanderlust of Andrea Arnold’s AMERICAN HONEY. Defined by earnest, full performances and a blue palette, Daniel Laabs’ first feature solidly articulates the universality of queer loneliness and uncertainty across genders and generations.
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Cast & Characters
Betsy Holt as Jules
Robert Longstreet as Freddy
Mollie Milligan as Ana
Liz Cardenas as Andrea
Will Benzel as Partier
Tallie Medel as Maya
Iryna Spitzer as Bartender
Rafael Villegas as Luis
Justin G. Brutico as Raver
Russell Sheaffer as Devon
Gary Jerome as Patient
Jenna Burris as Bartender
Rudy Jones as Anthony
MJ Ahmed as Swimmer
Hannah Weir as Kat
Jonathan Miles Howard as David