Diamond Soles

Cecilia (ali michael) is depressed, so she goes back home to visit her old friends and boyfriends. While she has some candid conversations with people, it's still not satisfying. She spends a lot of time alone and sullen. And drinking and smoking. The ex goes along with it for a while, then decides he's had enough, and kicks her out. That was a pretty abrupt change of heart. And she has a pretty bad relationship with her own brother tony (nick lashaway). She can't get along with anyone! She parties so much, it's not surprising that she can't get work in ballet. And those bad habits are probably also affecting her relationshipts. So.... those who need a definitive ending won't find one here. We're left to draw our own conclusions, with a very subtle hint of where she's at. It's okay. Good performances by the actors. It's a couple days in the life of someone who returned home looking for happiness, or answers which didn't come. Currently showing on the plex streaming channel. I had seen charlie himmelstein in "bizarre", where he played a similar role. Confident, loud, very sexual. One issue here is the sound.... sometimes the music is so loud, and the actors are speaking so quickly and softly, we can't hear the lines. And subtitles are not currntly available for this film. Frustrating. Written and directed by micael preysler. Sadly, lashaway died at 28 in a car accident, three years before this film was released. As of today, there are only sixteen votes on imdb.

A professional dancer has fallen out of love with the career she has left behind her previous life for' and sets off a journey to re-connect with her old social circle in order to centre herself. The problem is not everyone is as glad to see her as she expected and she no longer fits into their new lives they have made since she left.

This is the classic coming of age issue when people who were extremely close in their teenage years move into adulthood, with some more reluctant to do so than others. Its effective enough and seems to capture the growing ambivalence and outright hostility of people dealing with forced changes.

Although its about a dancer there is not much dancing in the movie, Swan Lake this is not.

The actors do a good enough job of capturing young adults attitudes and mannerisms. The electronic score wasn't very enjoyable however, it sounded like a keyboard demo song and the musical style already sounds dated.

If you enjoyed films like Thirteen or other female young adult focused movies this will also be an enjoyable watch.