Desdemona: A Love Story
- Original title
- Desdemona: A Love Story
- Year
- 2009
- Running time
- 89 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Glenn Morshower
- Jorge A. Jimenez
- Denton Blane Everett
- Cindy Vela
- Brad Maule
- James LaMarr
- Michael Showers
- Sile Bermingham
- Gene Burns
- Jason Riley Hoss
- Peyton Wetzel
- Mikey Terry
- Eryn Brooke
- Cliff Weeks
- Luis Caldeira
- Phillip Guzman
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Independent Film (US)
- Synopsis
- Gil Garcia is at the end of his life. Wounded and bleeding in a church confessional, he tells an unsuspecting Father Wade his tragic story. At a young age, Gil's father takes him to America in search of a better life, forcing him to leave the girl he loves in Mexico. Orphaned shortly after arriving, Gil is taken in by his father's only friend, Dustin, who raises Gil along with his own son, Rod. Fifteen years later, Gil & Rod have yet to find their way in life, still living at home and playing basketball on the streets for money. When cancer overtakes Dustin, they are faced with a funeral bill they cannot afford. Desperately searching for a solution, Rod suggests kidnapping for ransom. Gil knows of the perfect person: a woman married to a wealthy man who would never risk the life of his loved one for the relatively small amount of money in question. But Rod doesn't know the whole truth - the woman is Desdemona, Gil's childhood love from Mexico. The misguided brothers proceed hastily ...
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