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Synopsis: Haunted by a traumatic history, photographer Kevin Wolfe (Christopher Denham) struggles to systematically forget all his bad memories, but erasing his past threatens to consume his future. Kevin is obsessed with finding a girl who can help him forget his unpleasant past. However, all his encounters with the opposite sex inevitably go afoul, creating more awkward experiences than he can cope with. As the rejections mount, Kevin's futile search for happiness and love becomes overwhelmingly turbulent, forcing him to take desperate measures. Shot in a variety of NYC locales, from Hell's Kitchen to Greenpoint, Forgetting the Girl is a gritty vision of the city and its denizens. The tightly-woven drama blends recollections with reality to craft an intense character study of the psychologically-scarred protagonist. As beautiful as it is dark, the tense narrative slowly boils under the surface until it unleashes an unsettling climax that will not be easily forgotten.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Nate Taylor
Production: Film Movement
  2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.2
Metacritic:
55
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
NOT RATED
Year:
2012
85 min
Website
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Put your hands over your ears.

Press down.

I know it's hard to

tell how mixed up you feel

Hoping what you need

is behind every door

Each time you get hurt,

I don't want you to change

'Cause everyone has hopes

You're human after all

The feeling sometimes,

wishing you were someone else

Feeling as though

you never belong

This feeling is not sadness

This feeling is not joy

I truly understand

Please don't cry now

Please don't go

I want you to stay

I'm begging you, please

Please don't leave here

I don't want you to hate for

all the hurt that you feel

The world is just illusion

trying to change you

Being like you are

Well, this is something else

Who would comprehend?

But some that do lay claim

Divine purpose blesses them

Well, that's not

what I believe

And it doesn't matter anyway

A part of your soul

ties you to the next world

Or maybe to the last,

but I'm still not sure

But what I do know is

to us the world is different

As we are to the world

I guess you would know that

Please don't go

I want you to stay

I'm begging you, please

Please don't leave here

I don't want you to hate for

all the hurt that you feel

The world is just illusion

trying to change you

Please don't go

I want you to stay

I'm begging you, please

Oh, please don't leave here

I don't want you to change for

all the hurt that you feel

This world is just illusion

always trying to change you

Please don't go

I want you to stay

I'm begging you, please

Please don't leave here

I don't want you to hate for

all the hurt that you feel

The world is just illusion

trying to change you

Please don't go

I want you to stay

I'm begging you, please

Oh, please don't leave here

I don't want you to change for

all the hurt that you feel

This world is just illusion

always trying to change you

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Peter Moore Smith

Peter Moore Smith (born 1965) is an American writer and was the recipient of the 2000 Pushcart Prize for his short story "Oblivion, Nebraska." He has written two novels, Raveling and Los Angeles, both published by Little, Brown.His short story Oblivion, Nebraska was adapted into a 2006 film by director Charlis Haine. His short story Forgetting the Girl was selected for the Best American Mystery Stories anthology in 2000. A film adaptation was directed by Nate Taylor. Smith is the brother of actress Julianne Moore. He currently resides with his wife, Brigette, and their son, Wolfgang aka "Wolfie", in New York City. more…

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