Feature2015·79m·6.0

The Surface

Drama

Evan, an orphaned 22-year-old who grew up in the foster care system, buys a vintage 8mm camera in a yard sale from an elderly man, ends up with reels of the man's old home movies, and begins to live vicariously through these home movies.

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Cast

Harry Hains

Evan Jones

Nicholas McDonald

Chris Stentz

Michael Redford

Peter Berg

Kyle Patrick Darling

Justin Fishman

Samantha Bowling

Michelle

Jinny Chung

Amy Chen

Robert E. Weiner

Harry Berg

Iva Turner

Yard Sale Shopper

Koji Niiya

John the Bartender

Ari David

A.J. Party Guy

Devon Walker

Party Guy

Craig Weiffenbach

Angry Pool Man

Gabe White

Young Peter Berg

Miles Platt

Mark

Bryson Pitts

Young Evan

Casey Sullivan

Tom, Evan's Stepfather

Stephanie Lehrer

Marie's Friend, Woman at Dinner 1

Ivan Bohman

Bob, Man at Dinner 1

Romi Cortier

Richard, Man at Dinner 2

Kendra Nicholson

Marie, Woman at Dinner 2

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Aimes Media ProductionMichael Saul Productions

Crew

Director

Michael J. Saul

Writers

Michael J. Saul

Michael J. Saul

Editor

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

3/27/2022

6.0

arry Hains' portrayal of "Evan", an orphaned 22 year old is quite sensitive in this melodrama about a lad searching for a sense of identity and for family. He buys an old movie camera and some films and sets about restoring them to discover they are about the family of the man he bought it from. This triggers in him a need for a sort of emotional freedom so he splits from his long term boyfriend and takes up with the son of the man who sold him the camera. It's a good looking, if hardly ground breaking, film that tries to deal with self-appreciation and longing; and it makes a decent fist of it.