UNITED STATES / 107 MINS
FEB 23, 2024 7:00PM
TRAILER
Director: Alex Andre
Writer: Alex Andre
Stars: Joshua Burge, Chloé Groussard
Country/Language: United States/English
Notable Festivals: Brooklyn Film Festival
Eli (Joshua Burge), a troubled insomniac encounters Joelle (Chloé Groussard), an enigmatic French tourist in Central Park. The two set off on a sleepless New York adventure as the city casts a shadow over them.
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Alex Andre
Alex Andre is a Director, DP, Writer & Producer based in Los Angeles. His short film SADA (2022) has won 12 awards and received Official Selection in over 20 festivals worldwide. His upcoming feature film debut PRATFALL stars JOSHUA BURGE (“Relaxer”,”Buzzard”, “The Revenant”, “20th Century Women”) He also has producing credits on Alison Bagnall’s ‘FUNNY BUNNY’ and Erin Li’s ‘KEPLER X47’.
What People Are Saying about Pratfall
“With his first feature, Pratfall, writer-director Alex Andre has created a film that exists at the crossroads of Woody Allen’s Manhattan and Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights…Andre flawlessly captures the visual emotion of New York.”
– FILM THREAT
“Burge is remarkable…as Eli…a mentally overloaded New Yorker.”
“…a daring piece that maintains all the requisite vitality and immediacy to warrant notice.”
– FILM THREAT
“One of the best performances I’ve seen this year.”
– UNSEEN FILMS
“Joshua Burge has one of cinema’s most expressive faces.”
“Pratfall is a sobering study of fate, unprocessed emotional trauma and The Big Apple as an unforgiving Big Bad.”
– VAGUE VISAGES
WINNER Best Feature Spirit Award – Brooklyn Film Festival 2023
