Sixteen-year-old Alex Fixel has always felt out of step; with his well-to-do Portland parents, with his private school classmates, and with herself. When Alex's parents interrupt her impetuous attempt to seduce her high school English teacher, they plan to send her to boarding school. But before Alex leaves, she finds an old letter on her mother's desk indicating that her biological father is not the man who raised her; instead, he is a small-town mechanic, and ex-con, named Karl Hendricks.
Alex escapes from her new boarding school and tracks down her father. Over the next week, Alex and Karl's fragile and volatile attempts at connection fade into a heartfelt father-daughter bond... Until Alex learns the devastating truth about his roots, which threatens to destroy both his former and to his new family.
Director: Ben Epstein
Writer: Ben Epstein
Stars: Alyssa Milano, Devon Sawa, Reid Miller
Gravitas Ventures has released the official theatrical trailer for Ben Epstein's ("In the Vault," "Happyland") coming-of-age drama Who Are You People ahead of the film's North American release on February 24, 2023, the day and release date.
Written and directed by Epstein, and starring Ema Horvath ("The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power," What Lies Beneath), Devon Sawa (Final Destination, Hunter Hunter, "Chucky"), Yeardley Smith ("The Simpson, ” Maximum Overdrive), Peter Parros (“Real Genius,” “Knight Rider”), Siddharth Dhananjay (Bloodshot, “Undone”), Reid Miller (Joe Bell, “You”), with John Ales (“Euphoria,” True Story”), and Alyssa Milano (“Charmed,” Commando), “Who Are You People” unfolds through the eyes of 16-year-old protagonist Alex (Horvath), who, after a failed attempt to seduce his A teacher, she runs away from boarding school to find the biological father (Sawa) that her mother (Milano) and her alleged father (Ales) always kept hidden and learn the dark secret of her roots.
Who Are You People received its world premiere at last year's Mammoth Film Festival, with Horvath taking home the coveted Best Actress award.
The film is produced by Jordan Foley, Toby Louie (Night Owls, "Good Crazy"), Ben Epstein and Nick Smith ("Alone," "All Square"); Executive producers are Alyssa Milano, Graham Moore ("The Imitation Game," "The Holdout"), Yeardley Smith, Ben Cornwell ("Gracefully Grayson," "All Square"), Fred Chandler ("The Art of Racing in the Race ,” “Gossamer Folds”), Neely Eisenstein (“Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile,” “Plus One”), AJ Gordon (“The Dark Divide,” “All the Wilderness”), Irka Zazulak, Melissa Pianko and Rod Copper; co-produced by Rob Nelson (“Bad Parents,” “Brand New, Old Love”) and Benjy Caplan (“New Orleans, Mon Amour”); with photography by Bobby Lam (“A Leading Man,” “Under Wraps”) ; edited by Jeff Bernier (“Retro Report,” “Rabbit”); and features original music by Aaron Zigman (“The Notebook, “Wakefield”).
Who Are You People is scheduled for a North American movie day and distributor Gravitas Ventures release date of February 24, 2023.