Looking for Palladin

Looking for Palladin is scheduled to screen at the Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2008. Stay tuned for more information.

Young and arrogant Hollywood talent agent, Josh Ross (David Moscow) is sent reluctantly to Guatemala to find two-time Oscar winner and retired actor Jack Palladin (Ben Gazzara). Josh’s disregard for the ‘old’ actor mirrors his disdain for the local community whose help he desperately needs in his search for Palladin. What he hopes will be a quick but lucrative deal propels him on an unexpected journey – Josh, as well as Palladin and his expatriate friends, must confront the pasts they had forsaken.

“Every child has some unfinished business with his parents. Every parent has unfinished business with his child. Unfortunately, they usually never get the chance to reconcile because they would have waited too long. Regretfully, asking questions at the gravesite yields no answers. Add to this the 1960-ties that, with its spike of quick marriages and even quicker divorces, radically altered the traditional family structure and you have a maze of relationships quite difficult to navigate for any child or parent. This is what this film is all about. Every parent and baby boomer should see it.”