Lost Penny

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Lost Penny
Directed byMann Munoz
Written byR.M.M. Munoz
Produced by Roberto Munoz
StarringRachael McOwen
Victoria Guthrie
Andrew Roth
Christopher Elliott
CinematographyMartin Munoz
Edited byMann Munoz
Music byMiq Munoz
Release date
  • 2015 (2015)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Lost Penny is an independent film drama by CubeCity Entertainment, in association with Curium Films. Mann Munoz directed the film and Roberto Munoz produced. The movie stars Rachael McOwen, Victoria Guthrie, Andrew Roth, Christopher Elliott, Stephen Velichko and Victoria Murdoch. It is partly inspired by Alice in Wonderland as Penny travels to a mysterious underworld club where she meets an assortment of quirky characters.

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Filming took place in the Niagara region in August 2014. The filmmakers worked with Broadway Lights Dance Studio of St. Catharines, Ontario, having worked with the studio in the musical Job and the Snake. [1] The film was screened at the Manhattan Film Festival [2] (as a festival award winner) and the Niagara Integrated Film Festival where it sold out its screening. [3]

Plot

The film tells the story of a young woman's search for the father she has never met. When Penny (McOwen, of The Amazing Spider-Man 2) finds a mysterious box that promises to grant her greatest wish, she is transported to an Underworld Club. There she meets Lucien (Elliott). He tells her that to have her wish, she must play the Game and reach "Number One". She encounters a series of quirky characters before coming across a solitary Barefoot Man (Thomas Nelson). He warns her about Lucien. Penny does not know what to believe when Tenshi (Roth) turns up and reveals the sinister secret of the Club. Before Tenshi can help her, Lucien steps in and shows his true self.

Cast

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References

  1. Cheevers, Melinda (September 3, 2014). "St. Catharines dance studio plays big role in independent feature film". Niagara this Week. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "2015 Schedule". Manhattan Film Festival. Archived from the original on May 3, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  3. 1 2 John Law (May 6, 2015). "NIFF to spotlight local films". Niagara Falls Review. Archived from the original on April 28, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2016.