ALWAYS SHINE - BLU

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• Release Year: 2016
• Genre: Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Two friends, both actresses with differing degrees of success (Halt and Catch Fire’s Mackenzie Davis and Masters of Sex’s Caitlin FitzGerald), travel from Los Angeles to Big Sur for a weekend getaway to reconnect. Once alone, however, the two women’s competitiveness, suppressed jealousies, and deep-seated resentments boil to the surface, causing them to lose grasp not just of the true nature of their relationship, but also their own identities. ; ; Sophia Takal’s Always Shine wraps itself in an evocative shroud of dread and paranoia that lingers long after the final frame. ; ; “A highbrow thriller with deep feminist undercurrents.” — Hollywood Reporter; ; “A studied approach to genre filmmaking that calls to mind Brian De Palma at his best.” — Indiewire; ; “Gripping from start to finish.” — The Playlist
• Cast: Mackenzie Davis, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Lawrence Michael Levine, Khan Baykal, Alexander Koch, Michael Lowry, Colleen Camp, Jane Adams, Julian Tolentino, Mason Foster, Stella Foster, Marisa Takal, Robert Longstreet, Simon Barrett, Jordan Kessler, Noah Gershman, Sophia Takal, Pierce Varous, Mark Schwartzbard, Zach Clark, Michael Montes, Gene Park, Lanie Faith Marie Overton
• Director: Sophia Takal
• Runtime: 1:25
• Company: Oscilloscope, Little Teeth Pictures, Balaboosta Pictures, Nice Dissolve, Salem Screen Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie