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Arresting Gena

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Original title

Arresting Gena

Year

1997

Running time

90 min.

Country

United States

Director

Hannah Weyer

Screenwriter

Hannah Weyer

Cast

Music

Pat Irwin

Cinematography

Eliot Rockett

Producer

Good Machine, Kardna-Swinsky

Genre

Drama | Independent Film (US)

Synopsis

Gena (Aesha Waks) is a 16-year-old girl whose mother has fallen into a coma; with her immediate family unable to watch over her, it's decided that she'll spend the summer with her Uncle John (Paul Lazar). Gena takes a part-time job at a beauty parlor and makes friends with a girl named Jane (Summer Phoenix). Jane, however, is not an especially good influence; she's a recent runaway from a halfway house and is looking for her missing brother Sonny (Sam Rockwell), a convicted felon. When Jane disappears, Gena searches for her and is led into a netherworld of drugs, crime, gang violence, and sexual initiation.

Awards: 1997: Sundance Film Festival: Nominated for Grand Jury Prize

1997: Gijón Film Festival: Nominated for Best Feature

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Arresting Gena

1997

Hannah Weyer