Gravitas Ventures Is Packing Heat with “The Integrity of Joseph Chambers”
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Celebrated indie helmer and fave on our site Robert Machoian has found a loving home for his latest oeuvre in the Tribeca Film Fest preemed The Integrity of Joseph Chambers. Deadline reports that Gravitas Ventures will release the film in chilly February. A limited release in theaters and on demand is in the cards. We had a lovely chat with the filmmaker — who its worth mentioning made the masterwork Sundance preemed The Killing of Two Lovers in 2020.
Clayne Crawford plays Joseph, who – wanting to acquire the skills to be able to take care of his family in case of an apocalypse – decides to go deer hunting by himself for the first time ever, despite his wife’s objections. Setting out into the mountains with a borrowed rifle, he roams the woods aimlessly in search of deer. His boredom is short-lived, however, when in the blink of an eye he goes through a traumatic experience. What starts as an experiment to prove himself as a capable father and husband turns into a nightmare as he finds himself faced with a terrible choice he must make.
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).
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