AMERICAN SON - Nick Canon - Melonie Diaz - Miramax FIlms
On his way home for four days of Thanksgiving leave, young Marine Corps Private Mike Holland meets Cristina, a smart, beautiful young woman with plans for college. There’s an immediate attraction, and by the time they arrive back in their hometown of Bakersfield a romance has been kindled.
But Mike’s troubled home life and a tempestuous relationship with Jake, his best friend from high school, threaten to intrude on what had promised to be an idyllic R&R. And Cristina’s immigrant family – she’s Mexican-American, Mike’s black – has other plans for her that don’t include a 96-hour love affair with a Marine about to ship off to parts unknown…but whatever. Mike’s nineteen, and after six months of grueling training he wants nothing but good times. So he jumps headlong into four days of wild parties, fights, joy, anger and tenderness, trying to savor his first true love and final moments of freedom without the infringement of responsibility. Through it all, though, Mike harbors a troubling secret, and soon discovers that grown-up reality has a way of trumping youthful illusions – and that the war at home can be just as perilous as the one that looms like a bad dream ten thousand miles away.
Fresh, vital and unflinchingly true, AMERICAN SON is not just Mike’s story. It is the story of every American son, a fast and furious trip into the bruised heart of a nation, right now, and a vital snapshot of what happens when youthful passion, idealism and thwarted dreams collide.
FILM FESTIVALS
Sundance Film Festival 2008: Nominated, Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic
Deauville American Film Festival, Feature competition
Los Angeles Film Festival, Feature competition
BAM Film Festival
On his way home for four days of Thanksgiving leave, young Marine Corps Private Mike Holland meets Cristina, a smart, beautiful young woman with plans for college. There’s an immediate attraction, and by the time they arrive back in their hometown of Bakersfield a romance has been kindled.
But Mike’s troubled home life and a tempestuous relationship with Jake, his best friend from high school, threaten to intrude on what had promised to be an idyllic R&R. And Cristina’s immigrant family – she’s Mexican-American, Mike’s black – has other plans for her that don’t include a 96-hour love affair with a Marine about to ship off to parts unknown…but whatever. Mike’s nineteen, and after six months of grueling training he wants nothing but good times. So he jumps headlong into four days of wild parties, fights, joy, anger and tenderness, trying to savor his first true love and final moments of freedom without the infringement of responsibility. Through it all, though, Mike harbors a troubling secret, and soon discovers that grown-up reality has a way of trumping youthful illusions – and that the war at home can be just as perilous as the one that looms like a bad dream ten thousand miles away.
Fresh, vital and unflinchingly true, AMERICAN SON is not just Mike’s story. It is the story of every American son, a fast and furious trip into the bruised heart of a nation, right now, and a vital snapshot of what happens when youthful passion, idealism and thwarted dreams collide.
FILM FESTIVALS
Sundance Film Festival 2008: Nominated, Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic
Deauville American Film Festival, Feature competition
Los Angeles Film Festival, Feature competition
BAM Film Festival
