Film Synopsis
THE STORY BEGINS amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, six months after nightclubs have closed indefinitely. Marc – 68, divorced, living alone – describes how he fell in love with dancing twelve years ago after chronic leg injuries put an end to his passion for playing basketball. After a brutal breakup and a heart attack, he moved out, got in great shape, and started going out dancing up to six nights a week.
But now, he’s cut off from the community of twenty-somethings who have embraced him as one of their own, and, to make matters worse, he is facing a hip re-replacement, his eleventh orthopedic procedure. After surgery, Marc returns from the hospital with nerve loss throughout his left leg, a post-surgical condition known as “drop foot.” Facing the hardest rehab of his life, he is now staring down the barrel of the COVID-winter – alone, immobile, and uncertain about what lies ahead. Without any feeling in his foot, Marc wonders if he’ll ever be able to dance again.
PROJECT STAGE
FILM PRODUCTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED and now the filmmakers are making editing revisions and preparing for final finishing. Funds raised during our successful crowdfund campaign will go towards three remaining phases of post-production: audio mix, color grade and licensing fees. Upon completion, the film will be submitted to a range of film festivals, from local standbys like IFF Boston, Newburyport Documentary, and Boston Underground, to more far-flung fests like SF DocFest, Cucalorus and Chicago Underground. We hope for the film to make its premiere near Boston in Spring 2023.
