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The Trailer For ‘Medicine for Melancholy’ Paints It Far Prettier Than It’s Budget Would’ve Had Us Think

Medicine for Melancholy” is an indie film that had it’s premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival this year, and centres on the day after two twenty-something African-Americans have a one-night stand in San Francisco, where they barely remember how they got there.

Lensed using a $5000 camera, one might expect a typically scruffy indie that usually results from a microscopic budget. The trailer, however, proves otherwise. Filmed in a delectable desaturated colour palette, it looks far more polished and distinctive than we could have imagined.

Our good friend Craig Kennedy (of Living in Cinema) saw it on the 5th day of the festival, and enjoyed it quite a bit, saying, “Though the film feels scripted and a little too anxious to make a point at times, other moments have an almost documentary like reality and on balance these are the ones that shine through.” The film was subsequently picked up the ever-dependable IFC, but no release date has been set for it thus far. We’re sure going to keep an eye open for it, check out the traier below in the mean time.

This post is courtesy of our friends at Fataculture.

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