MAN FROM RENO

By Dave BOYLE

ELEVEN ARTS, INC. - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR / PROD

Crime - Completed 2014

How do you find a man who doesn’t exist?

Festivals
& Awards

20th Los Angeles Film Festival 2014
WINNER OF THE NARRATIVE JURY AWARD
13th Asian Film Festival of Dallas 2014
WINNER OF BEST ASIAN-AMERICAN NARRATIVE AWARD
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Crime, Thriller
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, JAPANESE
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 111 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Dave BOYLE
    • Writer(s)
    • Dave BOYLE, Joel CLARK, Michael LERMAN
    • Producer(s)
    • Ko MORI (ELEVEN ARTS, INC.)
    • Synopsis
    • In a small town south of San Francisco, Sheriff Paul Del Moral (Pepe Serna) is driving home through the fog one night when he accidentally strikes a pedestrian, a lone Japanese man. However, before an investigation can take place the man disappears from the hospital without a trace.
      At the same time, Japanese mystery author Aki Akahori (Ayako Fujitani) takes a trip to San Francisco in order to escape the press tour for her latest book–a potboiler in her world-famous “Inspector Takabe” series. Feeling lonely and vulnerable, she begins a romantic affair with a mysterious Japanese traveler from Reno who is staying in the same hotel. Her new lover, Akira Suzuki (Kazuki Kitamura), is charismatic and charming but abruptly disappears from the hotel, leaving behind his suitcase and a trail of questions…