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Excision

Richard BATES, Jr.

USA201181min HD Color Asian Premiere

Synopsis

Pauline fantasizes about performing surgery on strangers. Her fascinations disturb her schoolmates and parents. No one understands Pauline except for her younger sister who suffers from cystic fibrosis. She is convinced that the best way to repair her estranged relationship is to perform a risky operation to save her sister’s life...

Diretor

Richard BATES, Jr.

Richard (Ricky) Bates, Jr. is the writer/director of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival cult hit Excision, was invited at BIFAN2012. 2014 Fantasia International Film Festival breakout Suburban Gothic, 2016 Sundance Film Festival film Trash Fire – for which he was championed as “one of the truest voices in American cult cinema” and the satirical genre mash-up Tone-Deaf, which premiered at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival.

Credit

Producer
Dylan Hale LEWIS
Screenplay
Richard BATES JR.
Cinematographer
Itay GROSS
Editor
Steve ANSELL, Yvonne VALDEZ