Violent Blue
Violent Blue is a feature drama directed by Gregory Hatanaka and starring Silvia Suvadova, Jesse Hlubik, and Nick Mancuso. Portions of the film are silent with intertitles accompanied with an original music score by Toshiyuki Hiraoka. It was simultaneously shot in both English and Polish/Czech language versions.
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| Directed by | Gregory Hatanaka |
| Produced by | Gregory Hatanaka Bogdan Szumilas Silvia Suvadova Clinton H. Wallace T.L. Young Madla Hruza James Avallone |
| Written by | Gregory Hatanaka T.L. Young |
| Starring | Silvia Suvadova Jesse Hlubik Nick Mancuso Barry O'Rourke Andrea Harrison Garret Sato |
| Music by | Toshiyuki Hiraoka |
| Cinematography | Yasu Tanida James Avallone Spike Hasegawa Ramzi Abed |
| Edited by | B.N. Lindstrom |
| Distributed by | Cinema Epoch |
Release date | January 7, 2011 |
Running time | 129 minutes |
| Language | English Polish |
Plot
Katarina is a music teacher intent on completing and uncovering the secret behind an unfinished music symphony. She worries about her brother, Ondrej, an introverted electronics inventor who finds himself falling in love with the mysterious student who lives downstairs. His work is being financed by a nefarious tycoon named Bolo. When Katarina's ex-husband Pietro shows up and imprisons her, locking the woman up in a cage, her brother must question whether to sacrifice himself in order to free her.
Cast
- Silvia Suvadova — Katarina
- Jesse Hlubik — Ondrej
- Nick Mancuso — Pietro
- Barry O'Rourke — Bolo
- Andrea Harrison — Kylie
- Bogdan Szumilas — Dr. Sobeslav