UNITED STATES / 107 MINS
FEB 23, 2024 7:00PM
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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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