Amazon Falls tells the story of a faded B-movie actress named Jana who refuses to let go of her
dream of being a star. Famous for her roles in Amazon movies where she portrayed a variety of
pre-Xena warrior-princesses, she desperately tries to keep her leg in the B-movie game, and
pursues her career with a zealous fervor. She is on the cusp of forty and it’s now or never. She
will not be dispirited by her job at a sleazy nightclub nor the ceaseless grind of waiting for the
big break. She creates the illusion that her big break is just around the corner and her friends and
co-workers are supporting her in her dreams: Aron, her much younger 25-year old boy toy is
in love with her; Li is a beautiful 22-year-old actress and Jana's best friend and protégé who will follow in her glamorous footsteps; Derek, a film producer will be the one to give Jana the
big break she yearns for. But the reality is she works in a nightclub run by Tommy, her sleazy
boss who encourages flirtation with an array of oily characters including Calvin, a particularly shady character from Jana’s distant past who has resurfaced to tempt her down a dark path. Jana
avoids facing the truth at all costs. Despite her best efforts to live clean and expand her skills,
Jana is ultimately overcome by the burden of a dream in a business that would seem to punish
more for virtue than for vice. Faced with perpetual futility and diminishing returns, when is it
time to finally let the dream go?
80 minutes
Release date: March 18, 2011
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