The Open Reel has picked up Canadian production Together Alone by Mateo Guez, co-produced by Théo Films and Boomerang Films.
A second long feature film for Mateo Guez, who has previously realised Off World, and also the shorts L’ultima Notte, XY, Le Dernier jour and Late Fragment, Together Alone tells the story of Will, William and Crystal, engaging in a dangerous game. As a result, each of them ends up being destroyed emotionally and physically and realize that there is no way back culminating in a violent, seductive and modern meditation on the fine line between love, lust and companionship.
Totally in black and white, accompained by a powerful music and narrated by a very intense voice over, Together Alone refers to Avantgarde Cinema, which is here fully represented in a quality mix between narration and impacting photography making film a rare and contemporary piece of art.
The Film is now available for Sales and Festivals booking.
Together Alone.
Will is back home after a long trip. He is tired, in distress and is carrying a heavy secret.
Unable to sleep, he spends all night wandering in his apartment, alone, like a ghost. As he enters each room of the apartment, a series of flashbacks echoes within his memory and emotions that reveal to us the true story of his life, and friendships.
With his closest friends, William and Crystal, he remembers the intimate journey of sexual discovery they all began. Breaking all social boundaries, they face their own darkest fears. Not able to hide the true nature of their feelings for each others, Will, William and Crystal engage in a dangerous game. As a result, each of them ends up being destroyed emotionally and physically and realize that there is no way back culminating in a violent, seductive and modern meditation on the fine line between love, lust and companionship.
Mateo Guez.
Throughout his fourteen-year career as a director, writer and producer, Mateo Guez has taken the same fearless approach to his art that he applies to life outside of his work. After directing the shorts L’ultima Notte, XY, Le Dernier jour and Late Fragment, his first feature film, Off World, shot on location in the vast urban slum of Manila’s Smokey Mountain, is an intimate portrait of both the place and the people who inhabit it. His second feature film, Together Alone, is a psychological “huit clos,” a meditation on the fine line between love, lust and companionship for friends in a love triangle.