Hide your smiling faces is an atmospheric exploration of rural american life through the often distorted lens of youth. Two boys, who we will learn are brothers, take shelter in the rain, with the younger boy following the lead of his elder as they spar. Feb 27, 2014 hide your smiling faces trailer directed by daniel patrick carbone and starring ryan jones, nathan varnson, colm oleary. Ryan jones and nathan varnson in hide your smiling faces 20 ryan jones in hide your. Mar 27, 2014 but 14 years later, along comes hide your smiling faces, a lowbudget american indie that somehow strongly resembles george washington without looking much like a malick film at all. The first is called duck season and is about two friends who start out to spend a pleasant sunday togethera sunday that goes hilariously wrong. It belongs to the category of observational motion pictures, in which you deduce and obtain information and, from an aesthetic angle, pleasure from the viewing experience in a very quiet way. Aug 01, 2014 hide your smiling faces, 20 directed by daniel patrick carbone starring ryan jones, nathan varnson, colm oleary, thomas cruz, christina starbuck and chris kies synopsis. After a neighborhood tragedy, two adolescent brothers confront changing relationships, the. Feb 26, 2014 a dreamlike portrait of adolescence unfolding over one hot, hazy summer, hide your smiling faces is a startling debut, exploring rural american life through the distorted lens of youth. Producer norman whitfield had the song rerecorded by the undisputed truth the same year, resulting in a numberthree billboard hot 100 position for the group. The other is called lake tahoe, which, rather like hide your smiling faces, takes a while to get going and to reveal its secrets. Smiling faces sometimes is a soul song written by norman whitfield and barrett strong for the motown label. Two boys, who we will learn are brothers, take shelter in the rain, with the younger boy following the lead of his elder as they spar, play and do what adolescents do.
Jul 31, 2014 hide your smiling faces is an eerily effective tale of lost youth lost in the picturesque wilderness where the youngsters grow up, lost in the directions they are failing to find for their. Hide your smiling faces opens with a long shot of a snake eating an animal. Hide your smiling faces combines drama, mystery, and fantasy in an atmospheric exploration of what it means to grow up in rural america. Hide your smiling faces 2014 cast and crew moviefone. Hide your smiling faces bluray region cd vivg the fast for. A dreamlike portrait of adolescence unfolding over one hot, hazy summer, hide your smiling faces is a startling debut, exploring rural. Every sequence could be the prologue of a horror flick minus the spooky music and other overt signals of the genre potential is the crucial word here. Like most teenagers, all they want to do is hang with their friends, fall in love, and figure out where to go to college, but unlike their american classmates, these three live with the threat of being discovered by the authorities. Hide your smiling faces explores a grim childhood the. Hide your smiling faces religious man 20 my pain is worse than your pain gary 2012 fringe edward markham 20092012. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing hide your smiling faces near you. Hide your smiling faces 20 hd storyline after a neighbourhood tragedy, two adolescent brothers confront changing relationships, the mystery of nature, and their own mortality. Hide your smiling faces explores a grim childhood the new.
Hide your smiling faces 2014 official movie trailer hd. Feb 25, 2014 the recent winner for best new director at the 36th starz denver film festival, hide your smiling faces will also be available on video on demand on march 25th. Apr 23, 20 hide your smiling faces is an engrossing debut film, and one that hopefully gets its due later this year after the tribeca film festival circuit has died down. Hide your smiling faces trailer a movie directed by daniel patrick. Hide your smiling faces is a striking companion piece to it felt like love, another recent comingofage story, this time about two young girls, from a firsttime director. Coming to nationwide vod march 25, in select theaters march 28, 2014. A dreamlike portrait of adolescence unfolds over one hot, hazy summer, as two young brothers must come to terms with a friends mysterious death. A dominican girl, an african boy and a peruvian girl are just about to graduate high school in the bronx. Hide your smiling faces trailer directed by daniel patrick carbone and starring ryan jones, nathan varnson, colm oleary. It is a tonesetter in that what follows has the feel of natural progression. Its big on scenes of characters staring moodily into the distance. Daniel patrick carbone on hide your smiling faces verite.
Hide your smiling faces is a 20 american drama film written and directed by daniel patrick carbone. But it is the vision of the natural world in which the brothers cavort that lends hide your smiling faces much of its gravity. Hide your smiling faces is a meandering story about two brothers facing tragedy and growing up in a small neighborhood. The recent winner for best new director at the 36th starz denver film festival, hide your smiling faces will also be available on video on demand on march 25th. Hide your smiling faces is a magnificent portrait and carbones paintbrush laid strokes of love, anger, confusion, and a rainbow of emotions to indulge the audience. Hide your smiling faces 2014 cast and crew tommy ryan jones and eric nathan varnson spend their summer days having fun until death enters their lives. Instead, the eventual payoff of the episode involves a loose strand that. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost.
Hide your smiling faces vividly depicts the young lives of two brothers as. After a neighborhood tragedy, two young brothers nineyearold tommy ryan jones and 14yearold eric nathan varnson confront. Directed by daniel patrick carbone available on itunes and cable vod march 25 and opens in select theaters march 28. The film was released on march 25, 2014, by tribeca film. Hide your smiling faces is the gentle one, although it does not lack elements of tension in environment, family and relations among the young persons. After a neighborhood tragedy, two adolescent brothers confront changing relationships, the mystery of nature, and their own mortality.
Not an awful lot happens in this indiebynumbers flick about two lads facing up to the challenges of adulthood and mortality. Mar 28, 2014 a dreamlike portrait of adolescence unfolding over one hot, hazy summer, hide your smiling faces is a startling debut, exploring rural american life through the distorted lens of youth. Though the film opens with a shot of a snake devouring a small mammal, writerdirector daniel patrick carbone mostly avoids animism or the merely picturesque. Hide your smiling faces theatrical trailer on vimeo. Hide your smiling faces is an engrossing debut film, and one that hopefully gets its due later this year after the tribeca film festival circuit has died down. Mar 25, 2014 after a neighborhood tragedy, two adolescent brothers confront changing relationships, the mystery of nature, and their own mortality.
The film stars ryan jones, nathan varnson, colm oleary, thomas cruz, christina starbuck and chris kies. It was originally recorded by the temptations in 1971. Hide your smiling faces is an eerily effective tale of lost youth lost in the picturesque wilderness where the youngsters grow up, lost in the directions they are failing to find for their. Mar 18, 2014 get hide your smiling faces dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats.
Hide your smiling faces 20 hide your smiling faces. Hide your smiling faces isnt an obviously ambitious film it doesnt set out to offer an 81minute novel, but rather a densely workedout, quietly intelligent, immensely resonant short story. Aug 01, 2014 not an awful lot happens in this indiebynumbers flick about two lads facing up to the challenges of adulthood and mortality. Aug 01, 2014 hide your smiling faces is a coming of age movie for sure, though steers well clear of the dreamy adolescent experiences of awkward boys, and dives right at the loss of innocence angle with gut. Trailer for national society of film critics award. Hide your smiling faces bluray region cd vivg the fast.
While there are undoubtedly starrier titles on our list of the the 21 best films of 2014 weve already seen, the real pleasure of moviegoing is discovering hidden gems and new talents, and thats exactly what happened last year when we stumbled across hide your smiling faces. Hide your smiling faces by daniel carbone kickstarter. Mar 28, 2014 hide your smiling faces opens with a long shot of a snake eating an animal. Hide your smiling faces, 20 directed by daniel patrick carbone starring ryan jones, nathan varnson, colm oleary, thomas cruz, christina starbuck and. Hide your smiling faces is remarkable for the dread it keeps at a slow simmer from the first shot to the last. Its an hot, lazy summer and they reside in a rural, woodsy.
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