SXSW 2014: Narrative Spotlight

by IMDb-Editors | created - 26 Feb 2014 | updated - 05 Mar 2014 | Public

High profile narrative features receiving their World, North American or US Premieres at SXSW

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1. Cesar Chavez (2014)

PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama

51 Metascore

A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez.

Director: Diego Luna | Stars: Michael Peña, America Ferrera, Rosario Dawson, John Malkovich

Votes: 3,622 | Gross: $5.55M

2. Break Point (2014)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Sport

57 Metascore

Two estranged brothers reunite to make an improbable run at a grand slam tennis tournament.

Director: Jaime Eliezer Karas | Stars: Jeremy Sisto, David Walton, Adam Devine, Joshua Rush

Votes: 1,413

3. Faults (2014)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

70 Metascore

A cult deprogrammer is hired to help a couple whose daughter is under the influence of a mysterious cult.

Director: Riley Stearns | Stars: Leland Orser, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Chris Ellis, Jon Gries

Votes: 10,818

4. The Frontier (I) (2015)

Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Decades ago at The Frontier, a diner with 3 motel rooms in the desert on old route 66, a young woman stops and gets work. She reads about a murder in Flagstaff and a $2M armored truck heist. Is it connected to the people at The Frontier?

Director: Oren Shai | Stars: Jocelin Donahue, Kelly Lynch, Jim Beaver, Izabella Miko

Votes: 885

5. Kelly & Cal (2014)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama

64 Metascore

An ex punk rocker who recently became a suburban homemaker/mom befriends a recently paralyzed high-school boy in a wheelchair.

Director: Jen McGowan | Stars: Juliette Lewis, Jonny Weston, Josh Hopkins, Cybill Shepherd

Votes: 2,222 | Gross: $0.01M

6. La mula (2013)

100 min | Comedy, Drama

A soldier protects a mule during the Spanish Civil War. Based on the novel by Juan Eslava Galan.

Directors: Michael Radford, Sebastien Grousset | Stars: María Valverde, Mario Casas, Daniel Grao, Antonio Gil

Votes: 835

7. A Night in Old Mexico (2013)

Not Rated | 103 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

45 Metascore

After being forced to sell his family ranch to developers, a financially strapped, but proud senior citizen, and his estranged grandson, find themselves targeted by drug dealers in search of a missing money bag.

Director: Emilio Aragón | Stars: Robert Duvall, Jeremy Irvine, Angie Cepeda, Luis Tosar

Votes: 3,930

8. Patrick's Day (2014)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Family, Romance

When a young man with mental health issues becomes intimate with a suicidal flight attendant, his obsessive mother enlists a dysfunctional cop to separate them.

Director: Terry McMahon | Stars: Kerry Fox, Moe Dunford, Philip Jackson, Catherine Walker

Votes: 440

9. Sequoia (I) (2014)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A lively young woman grappling with a very tough situation travels to Sequoia National Park with the intention of ending her life, but her plans are interrupted by her colorful family and an unexpected romance.

Director: Andy Landen | Stars: Aly Michalka, Dustin Milligan, Sean Hood, Sophi Bairley

Votes: 411

10. She's Lost Control (I) (2014)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

59 Metascore

The professional and personal life of a sexual surrogate begins to unravel when she starts working with a new client.

Director: Anja Marquardt | Stars: Brooke Bloom, Marc Menchaca, Dennis Boutsikaris, Laila Robins

Votes: 1,056 | Gross: $0.00M

11. Take Care (I) (2014)

TV-14 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

34 Metascore

After being hit by a car, a woman comes home to realize that her friends don't really want to take care of her. Desperate for help, she turns to an unlikely source.

Director: Liz Tuccillo | Stars: Leslie Bibb, Thomas Sadoski, Betty Gilpin, Michael Stahl-David

Votes: 3,291

12. Thank You a Lot (2014)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama

A struggling, two-bit music manager will lose his job unless he signs a reclusive country music singer, James Hand, who also happens to be his estranged father.

Director: Matt Muir | Stars: Blake DeLong, James Hand, Robyn Rikoon, Kevin Bales

Votes: 60

13. After the Fall (2014)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama

36 Metascore

A suburban father and husband embraces a life of crime in order to support his family.

Director: Saar Klein | Stars: Wes Bentley, Kevin Owen McDonald, Haley Bennett, Vinessa Shaw

Votes: 1,030

14. Two Step (2014)

Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

81 Metascore

The lives of James, a directionless college dropout, and Webb, a career criminal with his back against the wall, violently collide.

Director: Alex R. Johnson | Stars: Beth Broderick, James Landry Hébert, Skyy Moore, Jason Douglas

Votes: 784

15. We'll Never Have Paris (2014)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

36 Metascore

A man screws up on a transcontinental level in a noble effort to win back "the one."

Directors: Simon Helberg, Jocelyn Towne | Stars: Simon Helberg, Melanie Lynskey, Zachary Quinto, Judith Light

Votes: 3,790



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