The trailer for my new film, PINCUS:

PINCUS focuses on the relationship between Paul, a man with Parkinson’s disease, and his son Pincus who cares for his ailing father. Pincus ineptly runs the family construction business and struggles to transcend the drudgery of his daily life. He smokes pot, snorkels and hangs out with his sole employee, Dietmar, a German construction worker living in the U.S. illegally. Soon Pincus meets Anna, a yoga instructor, who he courts under the guise of looking for alternative therapies for his father. When Dietmar mysteriously disappears, Pincus, Anna and Paul embark on a journey to find him.

This semi-autobiographical film blurs the line between fiction and documentary, nesting documentary footage in the fictional story. The cast is comprised almost entirely of non-actors playing fictionalized versions of themselves. The father is played by my real life father, Paul Fenster, who has been living with Parkinson’s disease for over 13 years. The exception is Pincus, played by actor David Nordstrom who I collaborated with on my last feature TRONA. The film is shot entirely on location in my hometown, Miami, Florida, and I’m hoping to convey the strange beauty and mystery of a city that is often stereotyped in film and television.