Two Hearts to Mouth

Two Hearts to Mouth (2013)

Eight blind folded guests assemble at a secret pop-up restaurant. Chef Michael Bradori is back, sober and ready to reclaim his former glory. Food, wine, greed and lust fuel the appetites in the room. Everyone dives into the experience when things take a shocking turn. The dining room is transformed into a minefield of political and personal danger. Under threat of guns and violence, the two banker guests must defend their indefensible actions with their lives.

Date of release
2013-01-07
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama
Director
Michael DeCarlo

Casting

Interesting facts

Two Hands to Mouth is a 2012 Canadian dark comedy drama film with an ensemble cast, the first feature film by long time television film director Michael DeCarlo, who also wrote and co-executive produced the film, in which eight blindfolded guests assemble at a secret pop-up restaurant for an exclusive dinner that goes terribly awry, "forcing guests to defend themselves and their morally bankrupt lives." The film was nominated for two awards at the 2013 Madrid International Film Festival.

Production

Brigette Kingsley had been President of Black Walk Productions since 2008, and became head of Decade Distribution in 2011. Two Hands to Mouth was her first Telefilm Canada-supported feature film. The funding was from production through to post.

The dialogue in Two Hands to Mouth is highly stylized; "wall-to-wall talking", and yet, "the characters rarely sound like they're speaking in the same voice, genuinely coming across as "many voices and personalities [who] co-exist and interact with each other".

Sarah Jurgens was enthusiastic about playing Anya, "a woman so secure in her sexuality and power", as well as working with a Russian accent. During Rachel Skarsten's audition for the part of Leah, she was impressed by DeCarlo's passion:As I was auditioning, Michael stopped me and then stepped in to take over from the reader to run through the lines with me himself ...

Principal photography took place in Hamilton, Ontario, over fifteen days with a single camera on a crowded set:On some days there were 14 actors in the room ... It is very unusual to see a film with that many principals and more unusual to see them in a film of our scope. This is an intense and demanding film for the cast. We shot a lot of 15- and 20-minute takes and then we would do it again. And then again.

The film was edited by Andrew Kowalchuk, for which he was nominated for an award at the Madrid International Film Festival.

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