etienne!
Category: Narrative Feature - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Year: 2009
Run Time: 88:00
Writer/Director: Jeff Mizushima
Cast: Diane Alexander, Tim Armstrong, Solon Bixler
After Richard finds out that his best and only friend, a dwarf hamster named Etienne, has terminal cancer, he decides to take his pocket pet on a bicycle road trip to show him the world before he has to put him to sleep.
Evoking the spirit of films from yesteryear and enriched with a phenomenal soundtrack, ETIENNE! is a triumph of pure, innocent storytelling. Its remarkably controlled aesthetic transplants the audience to a nostalgic time free from pessimism. Richard Vallejos embodies the lovable man-child of the same name and infuses him with undeniable charm.
"Precisely all that you'd hope for but far more adorable than you can imagine."
--Sara Maria Vizcarrondo, Box Office Magazine
Screenings: Santa Cruz Film Festival, Oxford International Film Festival, Heartland Film Festival, CineVegas
