Film info: Gabi on the Roof in July

Film Information

Original Title	Gabi on the Roof in July
English Title	Gabi on the Roof in July
Director	Lawrence Michael Levine
Country
Year	2010
Format	HD
Colour	Color
Duration	102 min

Cast:

Sophia Takal, Lawrence Michael Levine, Brooke Bloom, Louis Cancelmi, Amy Seimetz

Production:

Guión: Lawrence Michael Levine, Kate Kirtz
Fotografía: Aaron Kovalchik
Montaje: Sophia Takal
Producción: Sophia Takal

Synopsis

Lawrence Michael Levine directs Gabi on the Roof in July and at the same time plays one of the lead roles, Sam, a young artist struggling to carry on with his life in New York. After his parents’ divorce he welcomes in his apartment her twenty year-old and long-time unmanageable sister Gabi (Sophia Takal, also producer of the film), who is supposedly visiting through the summer. During that time they will begin a phase of encounters and distances in their romances that will work as counterpoints to the problems in their relationship as brothers. With a free and clear style, Levine’s film manages to combine some of the best elements of American independent cinema –flashes of comedy in a low-fi key, a certain Cassavetes-like intention in its light setting, and natural acting performances– into a story that takes the legacy of past decades and transforms it into something refreshingly new.