Description:

Production Title: The Conformist
Independent/Student/Studio: Student
Production Type: Short Film

Production Location: Austin

Production Start Date: 03/31/2018
Production Wrap Date: 04/01/2018
Production Schedule: 2 Days

Producer(s): Caleb Guadarrama
Writer(s): Alberto Moravia
Director(s): Caleb Guadarrama
Additional Attached Cast/Crew: Director of Photography- Tiger Hill

Synopsis: A short film based on a scene from the final act of Bernardo Bertolucci's classic film, "The Conformist", a film about a repressed Fascist plotting to murder his former professor in order to conform to the "normal" society around him.

Character Breakdowns:
Marcello Clerici-(20's-50's, Open Ethnicity)- A fickle Fascist, he is an intelligent and snobbish man, with a selfish and cruel streak that betrays everyone around him. His ultimate goal is to feel "normal", and will do anything to achieve it.

Giulia Clerici (20's-50's, Open Ethnicity)- The high society bourgeois with Fascist leanings, she is a doting housewife willing to follow Marcello anywhere, and is unaware of how dictatorships truly hurt the lower-classes.

Audition Date: 03/14/2018
Audition Start Time: 04:00 pm
Audition End Time: 08:00 pm

Paid / Non-Paid: Non-Paid
Other / Additional Compensation: Film Credit, DVD/Digital Copy
Meals / Lodging / Transportation: Snacks and Beverages

Email Address for Cast / Crew Submissions: calcris96@utexas.edu
Submissions will be accepted until 03/13/2018.
Special Notes for Potential Cast/Crew: Actors and Actresses, please send as many supplemental materials (resume, headshot,etc) as you would like to the email address above. Thank You!