MAN FROM RENO (2014)

(Editor)



Feature Narrative Directed by Dave Boyle

Los Angeles Film Festival 2014 -
Jury Award Winner - Best Narrative
Tallgrass Film Festival 2014  - Golden Strand Award - Outstanding Narrative Feature
Independent Spirit Awards 2015 -
Cassavetes Award Nominee

“A Hitchcockian suspense mystery”
Ain’t-It-Cool-News

A bilingual genre two-hander in search of common ground between Haruki Murakami’s low-key alienation and the Coen brothers’ deadpan existentialism“
Variety

“A cryptic experience about the nature of obsession pitched somewhere between Raymond Chandler novels and David Fincher's Zodiac.”
Indiewire

Synopsis:

In a small town south of San Francisco, Sheriff Paul Del Moral (Pepe Serna) is driving home through the fog when he accidentally strikes a pedestrian, a lone Japanese man. However, before an investigation can take place the man disappears from the hospital without a trace.

At the same time, Japanese mystery author Aki Akahori (Ayako Fujitani) takes a trip to San Francisco in order to escape the press tour for her latest book--a potboiler in her world famous "Inspector Takabe" series. Feeling lonely and vulnerable, she begins a romantic affair with a mysterious Japanese traveler from Reno (Kazuki Kitamura).

Her new lover is charismatic and charming but abruptly disappears from the hotel, leaving behind his suitcase and a trail of questions...

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