Ever since I first saw the incredibly compelling and visually striking documentary Bombay Beach back in 2011, I’ve been wondering when director Alma Har’el would be releasing something new. Now, her next film, Lovetrue, is set to screen in competition at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, kicking off this weekend.
The film, which now has a poster and trailer, revolves around following the lives of three real life relationships in an exploration of love. For tickets and and showtimes be sure to check out the official Tribeca site here.
After winning Tribeca’s Best Documentary Feature Award in 2011 for her remarkable debut, Bombay Beach, Alma Har’el returns to Tribeca (with executive producer Shia LaBeouf) with the premiere of her hotly anticipated sophomore feature, the lyrical, genre-bending nonfiction film LOVETRUE. Using an atmospheric blend of follow-along footage, artful camerawork, and scenes depicting the past, present, and future of her subjects, Har’el explores the idea of “True Love” by following three complicated, dysfunctional real-life relationships as they unfold in distinct corners of the country. Alaskans Blake and Joel pursue a promising romance, in spite of his physical limitations and her uneasiness with her career as a stripper. In Hawaii, free spirit Coconut Willie discovers another side of true love after realizing his son is not biologically his own. And singer/songwriter Victory philosophizes on faith and faithfulness as she and her siblings perform in the streets of New York City accompanied by their father John, who was abruptly separated from his wife. Set to a hypnotizing score by Flying Lotus, using non-actors to play each’s subject’s younger and older selves LOVETRUE is a fascinating exploration about how our past and present experiences shape the decisions we make when the fantasy of “True Love” dissipates.
