Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

Mar 28, 2010

1h 23m

★ 5.5

Overview

After connecting with the shy Madeline, a jazz trumpeter embarks on a quest for a more gregarious paramour, but through a series of twists and turns punctuated by an original score, the two lovers seem destined to be together.

Genres

Drama

Music

Romance

Production Companies

Varilight Films

Olive Productions

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Cast

Guy

Jason Palmer

Madeline

Desiree Garcia

Elena

Sandha Khin

Frank

Frank Garvin

Paul

Bernard Chazelle

Eli

Eli Gerstenlauer

Andre

Andre Hayward

Landlord Maureen

Maureen McCarthy

(uncredited)

Pablo S. Torre

Alma

Alma Prelec

Keith

Keith Gross-Hill

Willie

Willie Rodriguez

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