Closing night of the film festival gave us two more exceptionally well made films.
The short film was The Hirosaki Players directed by Jeff Sousa. A foreign language film about opening night of a Japanese play starring an aging actor being directed by his son who also wrote the play. The struggle of the son to get control over his father is very relatable. The father's arrogance and knowledge of his son's reliance on him shows his desperation to maintain his dominance over his son. As the play finally gets underway, the drama backstage doesn't end.
It was a very good film. I enjoyed watching it and would love to see more from this young director.
The final feature film of the festival was Mercy directed by Patrick Hoelck. Starring Scott Caan, who I've never seen in a lead role before, as Johnny a romance novelist who doesn't believe in love. Caan also wrote and produced the film.
Johnny meets a girl, Mercy played by a stunning Wendy Glenn, at his book party who turns down his usual charms. He later gets a bad review of his book and finds out it was written by Mercy.
The love story bounces around from their meeting to later in their relationship. Written by Scott Caan, the story is very well done and keeps you interested in the characters. The supporting roles, Johnny's two best friends, are extremely well written and add a lot of humor to the otherwise serious film. A nice addition to the film is the always wonderful to watch James Caan, who fittingly plays Johnny's father. His character has surprising depth.
This wasn't my favorite film of the festival, but it was very well done.
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