Convicted counterfeiter Ben Malafide gets out of prison after 20 years and ends up in the Tenderloin. Seeking the bare essentials to make ends meet, he confronts the Information Age, a barrage of images and noises that offer neither knowledge nor heart.
Direction
Nilsson's handheld vérité style puts you in Ben's fractured headspace.
Acting
Lead performance carries 20 years of silence in every glance.
Director
Rob Nilsson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 9 days on the actual streets of San Francisco's Tenderloin with non-professional locals mixed with cast.
Part of Nilsson's '9@Night' series exploring working-class struggle; this was the only one to get theatrical distribution.
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