Fix by Tao Ruspoli

"Unfolding over a single, frantic day, the plot follows the efforts of two filmmakers, Milo (played by the director, Tao Ruspoli) and Bella (Olivia Wilde), to deliver Milo’s junkie brother, Leo (Shawn Andrews), to rehab. The cost is $5,000 — which none of the three have access to — and the deadline is 8 p.m., after which Leo goes to jail. Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines.Inspired by actual events in the director’s life, “Fix” plays out in a rough-and-tumble, first-person filming style that challenges the eye and the stomach. The movie, however, never strains for hipness, and Mr. Ruspoli displays an aptitude for the play of light and shade that transforms familiar setups into something fresh. Entering a strange netherworld where a Ukrainian cat-toy maker grows weed in the back room and an English bulldog has significant street value, Milo and Bella become unwilling accomplices to Leo’s moneymaking schemes and hostages to his fearless narcissism. Naturally, they begin to enjoy themselves.By turns vivid and grubby, sharp and distracted, “Fix” aligns its mood with the view (the ruins of the South Central Farm are noted with a moment of rueful silence) to deliver a love letter to Los Angeles as well as an ode to fraternal obligation.FIX opens on Friday in Manhattan.Directed by Tao Ruspoli; written by Mr. Ruspoli and Jeremy Fels; directors of photography, Mr. Ruspoli and Christopher Gallo; edited by Paul Forte; music by Dead Prez, Ima Robot, Simon Dawes, Beautiful Girls and Nico Stai; production designers, Erin Eagleton and Sarah Osborne; produced by Nat Dinga. At the Village East, Second Avenue at 12th Street, East Village. Running time: 1 hour 33 minutes. This film is not rated". Source: movies.nytimes.com


Trailer for Tao Ruspoli's new film FIX