Underplayed Gems

Face 2 Face (2016)

Face 2 Face poster
Directed by
Matthew Toronto
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 45 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two childhood friends reconnect through video chats and share their struggles with identity and trauma. The story mostly unfolds on their computer screens as they rely on each other to get through painful experiences.

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What happens

Face 2 Face is a 2016 American independent teen drama film directed by Matt Toronto, who co-wrote the film with his brother and collaborator Aaron Toronto. It is presented as a computer screen film, being told almost entirely through a video chat screencast via webcam and smartphone cameras. The film stars Daniella Bobadilla and Daniel Amerman as two childhood friends who rekindle their friendship by discussing their lives over the internet to cope with typical adolescent problems, and deals with subjects of sexual identity, teen suicide and parent-adolescent incestuous abuse. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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