Indebted (2005)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Jose Rosete

Writer:

Jose Rosete (writer)

Release Date:

9 October 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Short | Drama

Tagline:

no matter how hard life gets...hold on

Plot:

Ramon battles many issues in his life including alcoholism, financial debt, and other insecurities....

Cast

Jose Rosete	...	Ramon
Dona Wood	...	Anna
Katie McGinley-Colman	...	Daughter
Bivas Biswas	...	Co-worker
Eleni C. Krimitsos	...	Diana Hamilton (voice)
Charles Peterson	...	Ross Tabbert (voice)

Directed by
Jose Rosete

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jose Rosete		writer

Produced by
Eleni C. Krimitsos	....	associate producer
Eleni C. Krimitsos	....	executive producer
Robert G. Moreno	....	producer
Jose Rosete	....	associate producer
Jose Rosete	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Matt Robinson
Reginald Smith

Cinematography by
Bivas Biswas

Film Editing by
Charles Peterson

Casting by
Eleni C. Krimitsos

Production Design by
Eleni C. Krimitsos

Makeup Department
Amanda Shell	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Eleni C. Krimitsos	....	production manager

Sound Department
Reginald Smith	....	sound

Thanks
Faith Hibbs-Clark	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Rosete Productions
• Socio Vision Films

Other Companies

• Cool Wave Pictures  special thanks
• Durant Communications  special thanks
• Good Faith Casting  special thanks
• Twilightshow Entertainment  special thanks

Runtime:

USA:15 min | USA:14 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA

Company:

Rosete Productions

Movie Connections:

Remake of Hold On (2004)

Soundtrack:

Speculations

Not a great short, but wow did they get the emotions right!

The short begins with a blue collar man coming home to find countless bills and collection notices. Obviously his life is a total mess. It gets worse when he calls a lady and you then find out that he's way behind in his child support and he hasn't been much of a father. Despite this, you still are able to find something about this guy to care about thanks to excellent film work.

This short is from the Moviemark DVD Indie Shorts Project Vol. 1 (2006). Of the shorts on the DVD, this is probably the best. Now this isn't to say it was great, as the story was awfully simple--perhaps too simple. On the other hand, I really have to hand it to the director and actors (particularly the lead) as they really, really did emotions well--making the film seem much more real and poignant than anything else on the disk. It had a real professional touch to it.