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A HUMAN CERTAINTY

a film by miles montalbano

A contemporary neo-realist fable for the New Depression.

Anna and Paul are a young homeless couple who foresee a bleak future for themselves in the midst of a worsening economic crisis and make a lover’s suicide pact. They check into a cheap hotel with one months rent and a vow to spend their last days full of carefree passion and romance. Unburdened from the weight of the world, their love is finally allowed to grow and blossom. But when the month inevitably ends, they must face the irrevocable finality of their decision.

A HUMAN CERTAINTY begins pre-production in the San Francisco Bay Area fall 2010. The film has been awarded a FilmHouse production residency from the San Francisco Film Society and the San Francisco Film Commision, and is fiscally sponsored by SFFS. The project is currently a finalist for the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program Labs.

As a member the San Francisco post-punk blues band Sister Double Happiness, California-born Miles Montalbano segued into filmmaking by producing and directing the group's no-budget music videos for the Sub Pop label. Montalbano continued making short films, music videos, and documentary work, including producing and directing the feature-length Jonathan Richman concert film Take Me to the Plaza, which was released by Neil Young’s Vapor Records label. His narrative feature debut as writer/director, Revolution Summer, premiered at the 50th San Francisco International Film Festival and was named “One of the Ten Best Films of the Year” and “One of the Best Independent Films of the Decade” by the San Francisco Chronicle.