Released
The Sentimental Engine Slayer
April 22 2010 (over 14 years ago)Rating
53
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7 reviews
- Director: Omar Rodríguez-López
- Genre: Drama
- Runtime: 1 h 37 m
- Country: United States of America
- Company: Rodriguez Lopez Productions
Barlam (Omar Rodriguez-Lopez) struggles to find himself as he bags groceries, has a semi-incestuous relationship with his sister and attempts to understand his parents' long-ago divorce. Events spiral out of control when he becomes obsessed with a boy who looks like him. Rodriguez-Lopez, a songwriter/guitarist for rock band The Mars Volta, writes and directs this drama that had its North American premiere at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.
