Under the City

“A minor miracle of independent cinema, it is an utterly respectable piece in the 1970’s film school tradition (of) Scorsese, Lumet (and) Coppola…” – Beat Magazine Australia, Simone Ubaldi.

Based on actual events and shot on the freezing cold streets of Chicago for $60,000, Under The City follows the attempted redemption of Nate Mayott (played by Australian newcomer Dean Rabaiov), a semi-reformed, thirty year-old, ex-con with a dark past trying to rebuild his family and maintain his freedom who is thrust into the violent underworld of the Chicago sex trade- where anything can be bought or sold if the price is right and the demand is there. Which it is. Piece by piece, Nate sells his soul for freedom until he is finally backed into an impossible corner and must kidnap an innocent little girl in order to save his own. Under The City's central focus is love, self-realization and the frightening prospect that the vulnerability needed to fall in love can be more terrifying than facing a loaded gun, and how the desire to have a "normal life", for some, is pure fantasy.

See a sneak preview of our film May 6th at 9:45pm at the Fine Arts Theater in Beverly Hills. Details on our website at www.UnderTheCityMovie.com   Thanks!