This Is Martin Bonner

This Is Martin Bonner

Sometimes You Have to Lose Your Life in Order to Find It

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Release Date

6/28/2013

Runtime

83 mins

Genres

Overview

Martin Bonner has just moved to Nevada from the East Coast, leaving behind his two adult children and a life he spent more than two decades building. He's there working a new job as the volunteer coordinator for a non-profit organization that helps prisoners make the transition from incarceration to freedom. It's Martin's first job in two years and he's recently declared bankruptcy. At the same time, Travis Holloway, a prisoner in the program, is being released after serving twelve years. Sent back into the world with nothing, Travis also finds life in Reno difficult to adjust to, despite the help from his program sponsor, Steve Helms. The stories of Martin and Travis slowly converge, as the two men meet and find that they have much in common, not the least of which is an unspoken need for encouragement and support.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A quiet, patient portrait of two men starting over from rock bottom, finding small moments of connection and dignity in each other's company. The film moves at the pace of real healing, slow, unglamorous, and genuinely moving.

Mood

MelancholicContemplativeHopefulWistful

Themes

RedemptionIsolationComing apartFriendship

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Meditative

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Two-hander

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