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'Hold the Door' dark, brooding, perplexing

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From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Date: 20080124
Author:Kaye Nelson Deseret Morning News

HOLD THE DOOR ** 1/2

Written by: Mark E. Johnson

Directed by: Mark E. Johnson

Starring: Manuel Guzman, Omar Huamanchumo, Ella Vanetino

Length: 80 minutes

OREM -- Not all movies at the LDS Film Festival have lighthearted or Mormon-culture themes. One such film this year, "Hold the Door," is dark and perplexing at times.

The film is based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's "The Idiot," a tale of forgiveness between two young men, and is set in New York with Latino actors. At an after-viewing Q&A, Johnson said, "The color scheme of hatred and forgiveness might not be a bright sunny day."

"Hold the Door" was ...

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