Song of Sway Lake
Melodies like this find magic in the familiar. 'Song Of Sway Lake' is a film built around American archetypes.
The Song of Sway Lake
“The Song of Sway Lake” is a lush romantic drama about the vanished grace of America, and the spell cast by the melodies of the dead.
It’s summer on Sway Lake, the most glamorous lake in the Adirondacks - former playground of the jazz-age New York aristocracy. Music collector Ollie Sway recruits his only friend, a rowdy Russian drifter, to help him steal a 78 record from his own family’s estate. Ollie believes that this mysterious piece of music - recorded at his grandparents’ wedding by Cole Porter’s lover - was hidden for him by his father before his suicide. He believes possessing the record will change his life.
The boys’ mission should be as easy as meeting a pretty girl on the water, but the arrival of the beguiling matriarch herself, Charlie Sway, changes everything. For Charlie has her own plans. And this song that hasn’t been heard in half a century may possess the answer to the deepest riddles about love and death - for whichever of these three lost souls will be the first to find it.
DIRECTED by Ari Gold. STARRING: Rory Culkin, Robert Sheehan, Mary Beth Peil, Isabelle McNally, Jack Falahee, Elizabeth Peña, and Brian Dennehy.
It’s summer on Sway Lake, the most glamorous lake in the Adirondacks - former playground of the jazz-age New York aristocracy. Music collector Ollie Sway recruits his only friend, a rowdy Russian drifter, to help him steal a 78 record from his own family’s estate. Ollie believes that this mysterious piece of music - recorded at his grandparents’ wedding by Cole Porter’s lover - was hidden for him by his father before his suicide. He believes possessing the record will change his life.
The boys’ mission should be as easy as meeting a pretty girl on the water, but the arrival of the beguiling matriarch herself, Charlie Sway, changes everything. For Charlie has her own plans. And this song that hasn’t been heard in half a century may possess the answer to the deepest riddles about love and death - for whichever of these three lost souls will be the first to find it.
DIRECTED by Ari Gold. STARRING: Rory Culkin, Robert Sheehan, Mary Beth Peil, Isabelle McNally, Jack Falahee, Elizabeth Peña, and Brian Dennehy.
Genre
Drama,
Romance,
Music
Runtime
94
Language
English
Director
Ari Gold
Cast
Rory Culkin,
Robert Sheehan,
Mary Beth Peil,
Isabelle McNally,
Elizabeth Peña,
Jack Falahee,
Brian Dennehy
FEATURED REVIEW
Anthony Ray Bench, Film Threat
Ari Gold is a joyously unique filmmaker responsible for some brilliant short films like 'Culture,' 'Helicopter,' and my personal favorite, 'Frog Crossing.' I recently had the chance to watch his first feature, 'Adventures of Power' it’s a hilarious and inspirational film about a man pursuing his ...
Played at
Lumiere Music Hall 9.21.18 - 9.27.18
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