Rubicon's Broken: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress

I hope you enjoy the trailer, the summary (both below) and ultimately the film. It's truly a project of passion three-years in the making -- a $35K budget up against $100MM budgets...

Logline
A tragically warped teenage boy plagued by a poor, dysfunctional family and psychological illness is pushed to the limit, and breaks from reality. How far is too far?
Trailer


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Worldwide Distribution through: R-Squared Films [US]

Plot Summary
Logline: A tragically warped teenage boy plagued by a poor, dysfunctional family and psychological illness struggles to distinguish the real world from a perverse dream world when he and his family are abducted and forced to choose amongst themselves which sole family member will survive. The final decision reveals a disturbing family dynamic including terminal illness, incest and rape.

Overview: Depraved, astonishing, claustrophobic yet heart felt and genuine, Rubicon's Broken is a high concept thriller, raising some interesting and terrifying questions.

Main character Peter (16) is a tragically warped soul, plagued by a dysfunctional family and a twisted relationship with his sister. A life or death struggle at the heart of the story keeps the momentum pounding forward.

The movie plays out in several acts, foregoing the standard three act structure while also using a non-linear stroy telling format. The film opens with a bang that grabs the viewer, establishes the genre/tone and carries the momentum forward. The opening scene acts as the inciting incident of the real-time story –- the family is abducted, shackled and forced to choose amongst themselves which sole family member will survive, with a ticking clock. The back story then follows the family’s one week history before the abduction, where the family dynamics reveal a disturbing and complex reality.

The non-linear stories intercut throughout the film, escalating the stakes until the two stories collide at the end of the penultimate act, thrusting the film forward into the climax -- a disruptive and astonishing conclusion where we reach the “negation of the negation.”

The thriller genre is particularly suited to a smaller scope without loss of quality, and the film keeps in mind its aspirations, with a few simple locations that allow shooting on a limited budget.

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