“Deeply satisfying…offers fully realized characters and soft-pedals Lone Star State stereotypes. Never pulling emotional strings, the pic’s unwavering understatement pays off in a well-earned ending rich in possibility.”
— Dennis Harvey,
“It’s a movie of considered silences and deliberate pacing, superbly acted and surprising in its cumulative power.”
— Scott Foundas,
“Echoing Andrew Haigh's “Weekend,” [PIT STOP] views homoerotic yearning in a refreshingly non-sensationalistic context that places it within the broader challenges of the nation’s disillusioned middle class.”
— Eric Kohn,
“Yen Tan’s gift for long takes and his comfort with silences makes demands on the audience that films ought to make—and pays them back with a surprising happy ending.”
— B. Ruby Rich,
“…has a sincerity that creeps up on you and will linger in your mind long after the credits roll.”
— Peter Knegt,
ABOUT THE FILM
LONG SYNOPSIS
Recovering from an ill-fated affair with a married man, Gabe finds solace in the relationship he maintains with his ex-wife and daughter. On the other side of town, Ernesto evades life at home with his current live-in ex-boyfriend by spending much of his spare time in the hospital with an ailing past love. Impervious to the monotony of their blue-collar world, they maintain an unwavering yearning for romance. Far from the gay centers of the world, director Yen Tan explores the complex and oft-forgotten lives of gay men in small-town America. The understated, contemplative nature of Ernesto and Gabe’s story is told from the perspective of an observer, allowing us—even if just for a moment—to understand what it means to be an outsider. The emotional isolation the two men have grown accustomed to is captured in a subtle, optimistic, poetic fashion while avoiding melodrama. In a refreshingly quiet film, Tan’s protagonists never try to run away from their relatively hollow surroundings, but opt to fill life’s deepest voids with their tenacious confidence.
— TOBY BROOKS [Sundance Film Guide]
Director Yen Tan
Writers Yen Tan, David Lowery
Producers Kelly Williams, Jonathan Duffy, James M. Johnston, Eric Steele
Executive Producers Bala Shagrithaya, Vilcek Foundation
Associate Producers Emily Ting, Lawrence S. Dickerson, Whurley
Editor Don Swaynos
Cinematographer HutcH
Production Designer Scott Colquitt
Sound Eric Friend
Music Curtis Glenn Heath
Cast Bill Heck, Marcus DeAnda, Amy Seimetz, John Merriman, Alfredo Maduro, Corby Sullivan, Bailey Bass, Heather Kafka, Richard C. Jones, Jonny Mars, Yesenia Garcia
FESTIVALS
2013: Sundance, SXSW, Seattle International, Frameline, Outfest
AWARDS
Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature)
AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
The World
EXHIBITION FORMATS
DCP, HDCAM, Blu-Ray, DVD
PRESS KIT
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AVAILABLE PRESS IMAGES (click to preview)
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DIALOGUE LIST
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