Don't Let Me Drown (film)
{{Infobox film
|name=Don't Let Me Drown
|image=Don't Let Me Drown poster.jpg
|caption=Poster
|director=Cruz Angeles
|producer=Maria Topete
Jay Van Hoy
Lars Knudsen
James Lawler
Ben Howe
|writer=Maria Topete
Cruz Angeles
|starring=E. J. Bonilla
Gleendilys Inoa
|music=Daniel Belardinelli
|cinematography=Chad Davidson
|editing=Andrew Hafitz
|distributor=
|released={{film date|2009|1||Sundance}}
|runtime=99 minutes
102 minutes
105 minutes{{cite web|title=Cruz Angeles, "Don't Let Me Drown": Daydreams, Grief, and Hope|date=January 13, 2009|website=IndieWire|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/cruz-angeles-dont-let-me-drown-daydreams-grief-and-hope-70917/|accessdate=February 3, 2025}}
|country=United States
|language=English
|budget=
|gross=
}}
Don't Let Me Drown is a 2009 American romantic drama film written by Maria Topete and Cruz Angeles, directed by Angeles and starring E. J. Bonilla and Gleendilys Inoa.
Plot
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Cast
- E. J. Bonilla as Lalo
- Gleendilys Inoa as Stephanie
- Damián Alcázar as Ramon
- Yareli Arizmendi as Virginia
- Gina Torres as Diana
- Ricardo Chavira as Dionisio
- Dennis Kellum as Jonathan
- Raúl Castillo as Alex
- Adrian Martinez as Little Joe
Release
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2009.{{cite news|last=Harmanci|first=Reyhan|title='Don't Let Me Drown' headed to Sundance|date=December 27, 2008|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Don-t-Let-Me-Drown-headed-to-Sundance-3178526.php|accessdate=February 3, 2025}}{{cite web|last=Ramos|first=Steve|title=A Tender Urban Love Story Grows During 9/11: 'Don't Let Me Drown" (Sundance '09)|date=January 21, 2009|website=IndieWire|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/a-tender-urban-love-story-grows-during-911-dont-let-me-drown-sundance-09-247618/|accessdate=February 3, 2025}}
Reception
The film has an 80% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on five reviews.{{cite web|title=Don't Let Me Drown|website=Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dont_let_me_drown|accessdate=February 2, 2025}}
Rob Nelson of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote, "...the pic draws its romance tenderly and believably..."{{cite magazine|last=Nelson|first=Rob|title=Don't Let Me Drown|date=January 29, 2009|magazine=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/reviews/don-t-let-me-drown-1200472982/|accessdate=February 2, 2025|archive-date=November 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127101634/http://variety.com/2009/film/reviews/don-t-let-me-drown-1200472982/|url-status=live}}
Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter and Associated Press also gave the film a positive review, calling it "one of the best film portraits yet of New York City in the aftermath of 9/11..."{{cite magazine|last=Honeycutt|first=Kirk|title=Film Review: Don't Let Me Drown|date=January 18, 2009|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/film-review-dont-drown-92767/|accessdate=February 2, 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0760166}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes|dont_let_me_drown}}