Short film
First Position.
2019 · 20 min
A tender, slow-burning portrait of ambition and love shadowed by an approaching epidemic, carried by quiet performances and striking images.
- Directed by
- Michael Elias Thomas
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Anthony Sorrells, Lea Madda, Mark Wax
- Overview
- When a young dancer moves to San Francisco in the early 1980s, signs of a sickness test his relationships, as well as his lifelong dream in this strikingly photographed and stirring portrait.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest, tense and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Identity, love, friendship, death
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Michael Elias Thomas
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Anthony Sorrells, Lea Madda, Mark Wax