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RISK FACTOR
Alex Granger (JALAL MERHI) is a successful New York fashion photographer with a past; he is a former CIA operative specializing in surveillance work. Bored with his present lifestyle and craving adventure, Alex is lured back into the game by a beautiful, mysterious woman (ELISE MULLER), who just happens to be in partnership with a major arms dealer (BRETT HALSEY). Former CIA partner, Rick D’Angelo (LOREN AVEDON), is hot on the trail of the arms dealers and when Alex is confronted with the truth, realizes he’s being implicated in their schemes. He is now caught between a “rock and a hard place” and must do whatever it takes to save himself.
Director: Frank Caruso Starring Jalal Merhi, Elise Muller, Loren Avedon, Brett Halsey
CLUB UTOPIA
Sally Enitlov (ELISE MULLER) is trapped in the role of a dutiful housewife. Bored with daytime talk-shows and tedious aerobics, she sets out into the world to make something of herself. Through a series of hilarious mishaps, she winds up becoming an exotic dancer at Club Utopia. The power she now has over men is intoxicating and her new-found confidence spills over into her home life. But something is amiss… Meanwhile her husband Alex (SRDJAN NIKOLIC) has his own secrets. His late-night jaunts with a sexy co-worker, combined with his suspicious nature are taking a toll on his marriage and his conscience. Desperate to know what his wife is up to he enlists a seedy private detective (FRANK CARUSO) to sort things out. As all of these characters collide hilarity ensues. A story filled with bizarre murder plots, unlikely co-conspirators, sex, lies and blackmail. There is never a dull moment at Club Utopia!
Director: Frank Caruso Starring Elisa Muller, Srdjan Nikolic, Frank Caruso
FINAL DANCE
Julia (EVGENIA MILMAN) a beautiful naïve nineteen-year-old dance student encounters Vikka (SRDJAN NIKOLIC), a forty-year-old homeless man at a local restaurant. Curious, she befriends him and discovers he was once a great stage actor and dancer in Russia before he immigrated to America in search of fame and fortune. Vikka’s dream never materialized, but his love of dance continues and he is inspired by the young woman who is clearly falling in love with him. Julia takes Vikka home and, not surprisingly, her parents are horrified! But his boundless charm and dignified manner eventually wins the parents over. Final Dance is an ironic and romantic story of unfulfilled love.
Director: Frank Caruso Starring Evgenia Milman, Srdjan Nikolic, Tom Bolton