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The Myth of the American Sleepover

Year 2010
Runtime 97 mins
Language English
Canadian Premiere

14A - Coarse Language, Sexual Content & Substance Abuse.

Awarded Best Ensemble Cast at SXSW and making its world premiere at Cannes as part of the International Critics Week section (the first American film to make the cut in five years), first-time writer/director David Robert Mitchell’s THE MYTH OF AN AMERICAN SLEEPOVER is a smartly nostalgic coming of age drama set in Detroit, Michigan.

The story follows three young high school teens and a college junior during the end of summer holidays and on the eve of several sleepovers that are divided between girls and boys. To each of them, it feels like their last night to explore summer crushes, adventure and unresolved curiosities. The stories of the main characters cross paths as they each go off on their own seeking love, parties and acceptance, creating jealously and, inevitably, teen drama. The result is a reminder of the way it felt when the last day of summer marked not just the beginning of a new school year, but the beginning of new possibilities.

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Countries

United States
Awards
Jury Award SXSW Film Festival 2010
Festivals
Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2010, Official Selection Cannes Film Festival - Critic's Week 2010
Director
David Robert Mitchell
Executive Producer
Michael Ferris Gibson
Producer
Justin Barber Adele Romanski Cherie Saulter
Screenwriter
David Robert Mitchell
Cinematographer
James Laxton
Editor
Julio Perez IV
Production Design
Jeanine Nicholas
Music
Kyle Newmaster
Cast
Claire Sloma, Nikita Ramsey, Jade Ramsey, Amy Seimetz, Brett Jacobsen, Amanda Bauer