Written and Directed by: Alex Ramirez
Produced by: Mike Ettnie, Kris Serold, Cory Clay, Alex Ramirez
Production Company: Ruly Crescent Filmworks
Director of Photography: Mason O’Neill Hunsicker
Production Designer: Marbel Uvalle
Costume Designer: Brandi Zancketti
Music Composed by: Stephen Flores
Edited by: Jordan Moreno
Starring: Jeaux Bartley, Joseph Rene, Gloria Bueno
Elena (Jeaux Bartley) is a renowned artist coping with the early stages of an ALS diagnosis, her life turned upside in the months following. Elena’s marriage to her young husband, Adrian (Joseph Rene), is thrown into turmoil following an accident that leaves her injured and with the realization she will need assistance for the rest of her life. Elena begins therapy: a long, exhaustive process of doctor visits and clinical treatments, all meant to slow the effects of (but not cure) the disease.
Elena and Adrian take a trip to an unnamed coastal city for a routine checkup. At this point, about 8-10 months from Elena’s initial diagnosis, strains in the relationship become evident. While still clearly in love and attempting to stay positive, both can feel their relationship reaching its tragic inevitability. Elena, herself, feels her identity, along with her physical being, deteriorating as the months wane on. She misses the intimacy of her marriage, now stripped away by this terrible disease. Elena’s desperation culminates in a shocking yet cathartic revelation that tests the foundation of their marriage and life together.
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:
San Antonio Film Festival
Marina del Rey Film Festival
Lonely Seal International Film, Screenplay and Music Festival
Daily Short Picks - Film Shortage
Latino FEEDBACK Film Festival
Indigo Moon Film Festival
Festival De Cine Latino Americano
West Texas Film Festival
WILDsound FEEDBACK Film Festival
Mystic Film Festival
Cyrus International Festival of Toronto
South Texas Underground Film Festival
South Texas International Film Festival
IndieX Film Festival
Tylerman Film Festival
Creators Film Festival
Moving Parts Film Festival
Under The Stars International Film Festival
Foster for Foster Film Festival
ACCOLADES:
Best Actress - Transparent Film Festival
Best Film, Best Cinematography - Latino FEEDBACK Film Festival as part of WILDsound FEEDBACK Film Festival
Best Drama - IndieX Film Festival
“Pepe Serna Award” for Best Corpus Christi Short FIlm - South Texas Underground Film Festival
Best Screenplay - Bali Under The Stars International Film Festival
Finalist - Canadian Cinematography Awards
Semi-Finalist - Cyrus International Festival of Toronto
PRAISE:
“Films like ‘The Quiet Shore’ are a good example of why cinema is so vital to our culture.”
UK Film Review
“A film you won’t soon forget…”
The Independent Critic
“This truly feels like a personal experience that [Writer/Director Alex Ramirez] is allowing us to see and is brave enough to share.”
Rudy Apolinar, Rudy’s Movie Reviews
“Ramirez reminds us of the power – and message – that great cinematic storytelling can give us.”
Take 2 Indie Film Review
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