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Directed by | Sonia A. Guggenheim David Breschel Jenna Cavelle Luke Haskard Ariel Heller Adam Linzey Matt McClung Uttera Singh Andrew Wood |
Written by | Michael Alan Herman [1] Colleen O'Halloran Paul Rufus Jones Max Newman Megan Seely Ryan Koehn Kelly Austin Davis Sara Silkin Nikolaj Wejp-Olsen |
Produced by | James Franco Austin Kolodney Vince Jolivette Brandon Somerhalder |
Starring | Camilla Belle Dominic Rains Summer Phoenix James Franco |
Cinematography | Guan Xi |
Edited by | Takashi Uchida |
Music by | Layla Minoui |
Production company | Elysium Bandini Studios |
Distributed by | Front Row Filmed Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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Shown at the Heartland Film Festival, and Newport Beach Film Festival, a student-critic from Ball State University gave the film a positive review. [3]
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