The Surface

2015

1h 19m

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6.2/10

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Evan, an orphaned 22-year-old who grew up in the foster care system, buys a vintage 8mm camera in a yard sale from an elderly man, ends up with reels of the man's old home movies, and begins to live vicariously through these home movies.

Directors

Michael J. Saul

Writers

Michael J. Saul(writer by)

Stars

Harry Hains

Nicholas McDonald

Michael Redford

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Evan Jones

Chris Stentz

Peter Berg

Justin Fishman

Michelle

Amy Chen

Harry Berg

Yard Sale Shopper

John the Bartender

A.J. Party Guy

Party Guy

Angry Pool Man

Young Peter Berg

Mark

Young Evan

Tom, Evan's Stepfather

Stephanie Lehrer

Marie's Friend, Woman at Dinner 1

Ivan Bohman

Bob, Man at Dinner 1

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Michael J. Saul

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Michael J. Saul(writer by)

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6/10

arry Hains' portrayal of "Evan", an orphaned 22 year old is quite sensitive in this melodrama about a lad searching for a sense of identity and for family. He buys an old movie camera and some films and sets about restoring them to discover they are about the family of the man he bought it from. This triggers in him a need for a sort of emotional freedom so he splits from his long term boyfriend and takes up with the son of the man who sold him the camera. It's a good looking, if hardly ground breaking, film that tries to deal with self-appreciation and longing; and it makes a decent fist of it.

Geronimo196727 Mar, 2022