psychological
drama directed
by : Alfredo De Villa featuring
: Heather Graham - WIlliam Baldwin - Dominic Chianese - Victor
Rasuk - Erika Michels running
time : 1 hour 33 minutes
Adrift in Manhattan,
the third feature effort of Hispanic writer/director Alfredo de Villa (Washington
Heights, Yellow), intercuts three intensely dramatic stories of life during
a cold New York winter, each of which revolves around the concept (and
thematic motif) of vision. In the first, an eye doctor grieving from a
traumatic loss (Heather Graham) must reexamine her life and priorities;
in the second, an artist of advanced age must contend with encroaching
blindness -- thus losing the one of his five senses that represents his
greatest asset; in the third, a photographer grapples with inner turmoil.
De Villa brings these stories together for an unanticipated intersection
on a Manhattan subway line, and watches as these individuals -- initially,
complete strangers to one another -- help to guide each other through their
struggles, pain, and angst. William Baldwin and Erika Michaels co-star.
