Sollers Point

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Sollers Point
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Film poster
Directed by Matthew Porterfield
Written byMatthew Porterfield
Produced by
  • Eric Bannat
  • Alexandra Byer
  • Gabrielle Dumon
  • Jordan Mintzer
  • Ryan Zacarias
Starring
Cinematography Shabier Kirchner
Edited byMarc Vives
Production
companies
Distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories
Release dates
  • September 26, 2017 (2017-09-26)(San Sebastián)
  • May 18, 2018 (2018-05-18)(United States)
Running time
101 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • France
LanguageEnglish
Box office$32,608 [1]

Sollers Point is a 2017 American-French drama film written and directed by Matthew Porterfield. It stars McCaul Lombardi, Jim Belushi, Zazie Beetz, Tom Guiry and Marin Ireland.

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Plot

Sollers Point tells the story of Keith (Lombardi), a twenty-four-year-old newly released from prison and living with his father (Belushi) under house arrest in Baltimore. Keith is struggling to reestablish himself, and break free of the bonds forged behind bars, within a community scarred by unemployment, neglect, and deeply entrenched segregation. His intentions are in the right place and he possesses an aggressive desire to get back on his feet, but as he taps into all his familiar resources, he finds that he may be reverting to his old ways.

Cast

Production

In May 2016, it was announced McCaul Lombardi, Jim Belushi, Marin Ireland and Jurnee Smollett-Bell joined the cast of the film, with Matthew Porterfield directing from a screenplay he wrote. Ryan Zacarias, Alexandra Byer, and Jordan Mintzer will serve as producers. [2] [3]

Filming

Principal photography began in August 2016, in Baltimore, Maryland. [4]

Release and reception

The film had its world premiere at the San Sebastián International Film Festival on September 26, 2017. [5] Shortly after, Oscilloscope Laboratories acquired U.S. distribution rights. [6] It was released theatrically on May 18, 2018. [7]

As of August 2020, 85% of the 27 critics reviews compiled on Rotten Tomatoes are positive, with an average rating of 6.85/10. [8] Richard Brody, reviewing the film for The New Yorker , wrote: "[Sollers Point] plunges into some of the gravest and ugliest aspects of modern American life and pulls them to the fore in a chilling intimacy . . . . Porterfield gently but unshrinkingly touches some of the most inflamed and sensitive places of American society, including the relentless strains of racism, the threat of unemployment, the contraband economy, the horrors of incarceration, the ravages of addiction, the ubiquity of gun violence. . . . In “Sollers Point,” Porterfield reaches a synthesis of his efforts, or, rather, reaches a new stage of his art—the film is endowed with a quietly turbulent and complex fusion of personal observation and candid pain, local specificity and a wide-spectrum vision of politics at large." [9]

The film was named a Critic's Pick by the New York Times [10] and one of the 10 Best Movies of the Year by Vanity Fair. [11] In his Vanity Fair recap, K. Austin Collins called Sollers Point "a subtle, razor-sharp portrait of working-class Baltimore" featuring "a wide-angle, all-encompassing sense of community" and "a star-making performance" by Lombardi.

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References

  1. ↑ "Sollers Point (2018)". BoxOfficeMojo.com. Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Keslassy, Elsa (May 15, 2016). "Matt Porterfield Set To Helm 'Sollers Point' With 'American Honey's' McCaul Lombardi (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  3. ↑ Lavalee, Eric (April 15, 2016). "Maximum Sentence: McCaul Lombardi & Crew Get Paroled for Porterfield's "Soller's Point"". ioncinema.com. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  4. ↑ Kaltenbach, Chris (August 19, 2016). "Visiting a shoot for Matt Porterfield's 'Sollers Point'". BaltimoreSun.com. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Sollers Point". San Sebastián International Film Festival . Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  6. ↑ Hipes, Patrick (September 22, 2017). "Oscilloscope Scores 'Sollers Point' Ahead Of San Sebastian Premiere". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved September 29, 2017.
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  8. ↑ "Sollers Point (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Review: "Sollers Point" Brilliantly Confronts the Ugliest Aspects of Modern American Life". The New Yorker. 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  10. ↑ Kenny, Glenn (2018-05-17). "Review: In 'Sollers Point,' a Hard Road to the Straight and Narrow". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  11. ↑ "The 10 Best Movies of 2018: K. Austin Collins's List". Vanity Fair. 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2021-11-17.

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