ABOUT THE FILM
In present-day Texas, Maya (Tallie Medel) and her on again, off again girlfriend Jules (Betsy Holt) total their car after a night of backwoods raving and teen mischief. They’re rescued from the wreckage by Freddy (Robert Longstreet), a divorced oil worker whose stoic facade crumbles as he comes to see himself, and his repressed desires, in Maya. As Jules recovers, Maya and Freddy develop a rapport that dulls the debilitating silence of their small-town lives. Together, they subtly encourage one another to chase after what they want the most (or at least figure out what that might be).
JULES OF LIGHT AND DARK is an iridescent coming-of-age story boasting the rural isolation of Deb Shoval’s AWOL and the wanderlust of Andrea Arnold’s AMERICAN HONEY. Defined by earnest, full performances and a blue palette, Daniel Laabs’ first feature solidly articulates the universality of queer loneliness and uncertainty across genders and generations.
CAST
TALLIE MEDEL...................Maya
ROBERT LONGSTREET.......Freddy
BETSY HOLT......................Jules
MILES HOWARD................David
RAFAEL VILLEGAS................Luis
LIZ CARDENAS...................Andrea
Written and Directed by Daniel Laabs
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Screenings
Upcoming Screenings
Oxford Film Festival
February 9th, 10:00am
Past Screenings
New Orleans Film Festival (World Premiere)
October 20th, 6:45pm
October 22nd, 3:15pm
TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival
October 20th, 7:00pm
Austin Film Festival (Texas Premiere)
October 25th, 9:45pm
October 31st, 6:00pm
American Film Festival (European Premiere)
October 26th, 5:45pm
October 27th, 9:45am
NewFest: New York LGBT Film Festival (NYC Premiere)
October 29th, 6:45pm
Cucalorus
November 9th, 7:30pm
November 11th, 10:00am
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