LoveTrue



After winning Tribeca’s Best Documentary Feature Award in 2011 for her unclassifiable nonfiction debut, Bombay Beach, Alma Har’el returns with the premiere of her hotly anticipated sophomore feature, the lyrical, genre-bending nonfiction film LoveTrue, executive produced by Shia LaBeouf. Using an atmospheric blend of follow-along footage, artful camerawork, and imaginative scenes depicting the past, present, and future of her subjects, Har’el explores the idea of “True Love” by charting the 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, in New York City, singer/songwriter Victory philosophizes on faith and faithfulness as she and her siblings perform in the streets accompanied by their father John, who abruptly separated from his wife many years prior for reasons that remain mysterious. Set to a hypnotizing score by Flying Lotus and 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.
Director: Alma Har’el
Executive Producer: Shia Labeouf
Premiere: Tribeca Film Festival