On Saturday, March 10, 2012 I attended the charged North American Premiere of Electrick Children at the SXSW Film Festival. The sold-out screening was held in the intimate 50-seat Violet Crown Cinema in Austin, Texas. The film was a selection in the Emerging Visions section.
This auspicious debut feature from writer/director Rebecca Thomas is based on her own strict Mormon upbringing in Las Vegas, Nevada. Julia Garner plays Rachel, the vulnerable, fragile teenager who’s never known any life outside her family’s insular Utah community. Clyde (Rory Culkin) comes from another world, that of sex and drugs and rock ‘n roll on the hedonistic streets of Las Vegas. What should be a celebratory 15th birthday becomes a turning point in her life in frightening, mysterious ways. The odd circumstances which bring Rachel and Clyde together would be incredulous if not for the fact that Electrick Children is partly based on a true story. (It is my policy is to keep all my posts as spoiler-free as possible. For a more detailed synopsis see the SXSW official page.)
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