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‘Omaha’ Review: John Magaro On A Father’s Desperate Journey With His Kids – Sundance Film Festival
A review of the Sundance Dramatic Competition entry, 'Omaha' with John Magaro as a dad taking his kids on a journey through the American Southwest.
Set against the 2008 financial crisis, Omaha begins with a dad ( John Magaro) facing foreclosure on his house after losing what appears to be everything professionally as well as the tragic death of his wife and mother to their two kids, Ella ( Molly Belle Wright) and Charlie (Wyatt Solis). Debuting feature director Cole Webley and Screenwriter Robert Machoian lay this trip out as one more disturbing sequence after another is played out on the morose face of Magaro (so great recently in September 5), who is clearly keeping the truth from them – and us – of what this journey is actually all about, as they continue along though the picaresque locales of a fading American landscape where a financial market crash has left so many with nothing, and in the case of this (unnamed) father a desperate sense that he can no longer be the provider he once was. Title: Omaha Festival: Sundance (Dramatic Competition) Director: Cole Webley Screenwriter: Robert Machoian Cast: John Magaro, Molly Belle Wright, Wyatt Solis, Talia Balsam Sales Agent: UTA Independent Film Group Running Time: 1 hr 23 mins
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