L.I.E.

La Autopista de Long Island (L.I.E.), la carretera que atraviesa la zona suburbana de Long Island con sus "calles moviéndose al este, calles moviéndose al oeste, y las calles que te llevan directamente al infierno" sirve como la metáfora central de esta reflexión sobre la adolescencia y su vulnerabilidad. Howie Blitzer (Paul Franklin Dano) es un chico de quince años sensible y miembro de una pandilla muy peculiar y peligrosa. La reciente muerte de su madre (en un accidente de coche en la salida 52 de L.I.E.) y la indiferencia de su padre (Bruce Altman), le hacen sentirse abandonado en medio de un mundo lleno de sexo, violencia, y peligro. Cuando su mejor amigo Gary (Billy Kay) le convence para robar la casa de su "particular" vecino, Big John, de 60 años (Brian Cox), el escaso equilibrio de su naturaleza adolescente desaparece por completo...

TRAILER

Fifteen-year-old Howie loses just about everything and everyone in the space of a single week, but ends up finding himself in the process. His mother has just died. His father, a building contractor, can barely keep tabs on his young girlfriend, let alone his own son. Thusly, the teen must navigate his adolescence virtually unsupervised. Floating towards an ill-behaved existence, Howie and his crowd begin robbing houses in the middle-class neighborhoods off the Long Island Expressway. Together, he and his best friend Gary break into a place belonging to an old guy named Big John, a local man who is a respected pillar of the community. When Big John fingers Gary for the crime, Howie learns that his pal has been leading a secret, dangerous but also alluring double life. Subsequently, we also discover that Big John has secrets of his own.

"Cuesta ha logrado un film terrible e impresionante "

(A. O. Scott: The New York Times)

"Un film poderoso y provocador"

(Peter Travers: Rolling Stone)

Director: Michael Cuesta
Intérpretes: Brian Cox, Paul Dano, Billy Kay, Bruce Altman, James Costa, Tony Donnelly, Walter Masterson, Marcia DeBonis, Adam LeFevre
Guión: Michael Cuesta, Gerald Cuesta, Stephen M. Ryder
Música: Pierre Foldes
Fotografía: Romeo Tirone
Título Original: L.I.E. (Long Island Expressway)
Año: 2001
Duración: 95 min.
País: E.E.U.U.
Género: Drama