Virgil Bliss
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Joe Maggio
Clint Jordan
Kirsten Russell
Tom Brangle
Rich Bierman
Anthony Gorman
Film Details
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Synopsis
Set in modern day Brooklyn, Virgil Bliss is a man obsessed with living a normal life, finding a good job, marrying a decent woman, and building a family of his own. But as a recently paroled career thief with a hair-trigger temper and the social skills of a child, he faces distinct challenges. At the halfway house where he gets his first taste of freedom in over a decade, Virgil meets Manny Alvarez, a fiery miscreant who takes the emotionally naive Virgil under his wing and initiates him in the ways of the world. It's Manny who introduces Virgil to Ruby, an opportunistic junkie with whom Virgil falls instantly in love. As Virgil and Ruby learn to trust each other, they share their concerns: Ruby plans to win back custody of her four-year-old son and Virgil confesses the horrible and senseless crime that landed him in prison. After his release from the halfway house, Virgil finds work as a janitor and moves in with Ruby. But their attempts to adjust as a family come undone with the arrival of the psychotic Manny.
Director
Joe Maggio
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States 2002
Released in United States April 2001
Released in United States January 2001
Released in United States June 2002
Released in United States on Video November 19, 2002
Released in United States September 2000
Released in United States Summer June 12, 2002
Awarded best narrative feature at the 2002 Atlanta Film Festival.
Shown at Atlanta Film Festival June 2002.
Shown at Los Angeles Film Festival (Dramatic Features) April 20-28, 2001.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (New American Cinema) May 24 - June 17, 2001.
Shown at Slamdance Film Festival (in competition) in Park City, Utah January 20-27, 2001.
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (New American Cinema) May 24 - June 17, 2001.)
Released in United States 2002 (Awarded best narrative feature at the 2002 Atlanta Film Festival.)
Released in United States January 2001 (Shown at Slamdance Film Festival (in competition) in Park City, Utah January 20-27, 2001.)
Released in United States April 2001 (Shown at Los Angeles Film Festival (Dramatic Features) April 20-28, 2001.)
Released in United States June 2002 (Shown at Atlanta Film Festival June 2002.)
Released in United States Summer June 12, 2002
Released in United States September 2000 (Shown as a "work-in-progress" at IFP Market/(IFFM) ("Rough Cuts") in New York City September 15-22, 2000.)
Released in United States on Video November 19, 2002
