When Big People Lie

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Dir. Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz

14 min

Love, courage, trauma: kids feel all of these stronger than most.

Young Elvis’ world begins to sink when his mother marries an immigrant stranger for money.

Film Details

Festival Programs & Themes: Shorts

Film Type: Fiction Short

Runtime: 14 min

Country/Region: United States

Language: English

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Director: Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz

Producer: Gus Murray, Amy Kouxiao Zhang

Cinematographer: Miko Malkhasyan

Screenwriter: Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz, Pablo Cervera Gutierrez

Editor: Ziyang Guo

Composer: Alain Emile

Principal Cast: Sasha Merci, Kaden Quinn, Faruk Amireh, Diane Sargent, Joseph Kamal