Synopsis
Some break the rules. Others break free.
Unfolding over the course of Valentine’s Day in New Jersey, a young intersex sex worker must run from the mob after a drug deal goes sideways, forcing him to confront his past.
Directed by Esteban Arango
Unfolding over the course of Valentine’s Day in New Jersey, a young intersex sex worker must run from the mob after a drug deal goes sideways, forcing him to confront his past.
포니보이, Ponyboi: Ngày Valentine Đẫm Máu
It’s hard to describe what I’m feeling right now. It’s almost 5am after our 9:45pm premiere at Sundance as I write this. Tonight was truly a once in a lifetime experience that I’ll carry with me to my final breath. I got to reminisce over a year later on the highs and low of our filmmaking journey tonight with the cast and crew. Nearly all of them had not seen it yet (and with this being my 18th time), seeing their joy, tears, and smiles as we gathered at the front of the theater for the Q&A and congratulated one another was honestly way more than I could have ever expected. I loved seeing our cast and crew experience the…
I probably would have told Dylan O’Brien that he was really talented at rapping too.
Victoria Pedretti doing her best impersonation of Riley Keough in “Zola” (complimentary).
sundance film festival 2024 (virtual) #2
A neon soaked crime thriller with a intersex character at its helm. wow. an incredibly moving film about self discovery, grief gender and acceptance. It feels like a fever dream, it’s also very humorous at times. river gallo is such an amazing actor and writer. this film may have its flaws but the end result makes up for it. there is a scene between river & indya moore that’s going to be talked about for a long time it gave me goosebumps. I have to say dylan o’brien and victoria pedretti portray the typical new jerseyan quite well. very interesting seeing dylan take on a role like this he killed it. My favorite of sundance so far!!
can safely say that scene between river gallo and indya moore won’t be leaving my head anytime soon
Sundance 2024
A neon-noir crime thriller that has Ponyboi, an intersex sex worker, on the run when a client keels over. Operating out of a laundromat run by Vinnie, a hyper-sleazy Dylan O’brien, Ponyboi resorts to stealing Vinnie’s cash stash, hops across grimy Jersey truckstops, motels and pharmacies, trying to find a way to get out of town. Writer/director/star River Gallo draws a lot from personal experience and it’s this insight into the intersex experience that the film shines brightest. The crime thriller elements are otherwise fairly generic and not very well fleshed out. There’s also a b-storyline where Ponyboi has recently discovered that their estranged father is on his deathbed and has been reaching out for contact. We’re treated to…