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Brace

Country: UK, Language: English, 30 mins

  • Director: Alicia Eyo; Sophy Holland
  • Writer: Jake Graf
  • Producer: Jake Graf

CGiii Comment

Technically accomplished...it really does look cinematic (in places).

Alas...

Acting...weak. Writing...even weaker. Some of the dialogue is more stilted than stilt convention (if - indeed - there is such a thing).

There is no way that a nurse (especially in a London hospital) would get away with saying anything like what she says in this film. Instant dismissal.

As for the subject matter...massive. Without giving anything away...this addresses the differences between gender and sexuality...the desire to pass...and, the need to be truthful.

Most definitely, subjects worthy of a film...the writing just needed to be so much sharper.


Watch...

BRACE (Short Film 2015) from Jake Graf on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

In this gritty, contemporary, romantic drama set in London, Adam meets Rocky, a handsome and mysterious drifter. As the pair gets closer, Rocky seems eager to reveal a secret that Adam is not ready to hear. Silence abounds until one explosive night changes everything about the way they feel about themselves and each other.

Cast & Characters

Mike Aherne as Adam's Dad;
Adam Gary as Gang Member;
Jake Graf; Dannie Pye as Ryan;
Harry Rundle as Rocky;
Chris Walters as Tokes;
Georgia Winters as Zoe