Our first SANTA FE Feature Workhop, co-produced with Stephen Jules”Rubin, got us a nice review in the Reporter weekly magazine. Not bad for a 10-day, start-to-finish production! Official Selection ROME INTL. FILM FESTIVAL. "Pick of the Week," SF Reporter (©2005 Feature Workshops).
Actors Jefe, Michael Saliba.
In Mirage, a romance erupts against the colorful, vibrant Southwest landscape of Santa Fe, New Mexico amidst a pastiche of personal real-life stories. The enigmatic guitar-playing Jefe, runs an adobe offering free housing to women in need. His young henchman Mike (played by Michael Saliba), a twenty-year-old city kid, goes out in search of these lost souls who need a place to stay, preying on the modern, new-age female who’s sexual and spiritual independence has gotten her in trouble. Mike and his sidekick, Jules-the-mute (Stephen Rubin), live with Jefe rent free, as the adobe household fills to capacity. Three women with the same name “Lisa” exist there rent-free, until Freddie (Frederick Lopez), a Native American suitor, tries to entice “Lisa #1” (Lisa K. Hill) back onto the road -- in spite of a lifetime of avoiding commitment he has fallen in love. A confrontation ensues between him and Jefe, who refuses to relinquish his cult-like hold on his “guests.”
The movie deals with the meaning of love, connections and relationships, and the nature of marriage in present-day America.
A unique soundtrack of original music i from Santa Fe artists Alex Maryol, Jonathan Grossman, Blood Drained Cows). Also Memphis cutting-edge sounds (David Brookings, Olga, and Bluff City Backslides/Don MacGregor, etc), plus rap from Chicago's underground (Ill Ben, .org, Murlot, Jo-Fixxx-it, adds flavor to the film.
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A Film By Luca Ceccarelli, Stephen "Jules" Rubin, Michael Saliba, Thomas A. Secor, Joseph Stern, and Rick Schmidt.
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