Intriguing Trailer for Indie Film ‘The Way We Speak’ w/ Patrick Fabian
by Alex Billington
June 11, 2024
Source: YouTube
“Tide’s coming in…” Gravitas has revealed an official trailer for an indie drama titled The Way We Speak, marking the feature directorial debut of indie filmmaker Ian Ebright. It premiered at the 2024 Florida Film Festival a few months ago, also screening at the RiverRun and Julien Dubuque Film Festivals. The Way We Speak is a modern cautionary tale. The synopsis is rather vague: An up-and-coming writer refuses to leave the spotlight when his best friend and debate opponent suffers cardiac arrest, leading to an obsession over his new opponent. Described in reviews as “a rich character study that centers around obsession, insecurity, and jealousy.” Patrick Fabian stars as Simon, along with Diana Coconubo, Kailey Rhodes, Ayanna Berkshire, Lowell Deo, Ricco DiStefano, and Reed Diamond. This very moody, nearly dialogue-free trailer is a clever cover-up for the film’s religious undercurrents – it’s about how an atheist becomes insecure about his young, blonde, smart Christian debate opponent. Ugh. I wish they’d stop hiding this and just be bold and up front about it in the synopsis. It’s clearly a narrative gimmick, and many will fall for it anyway…
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Ian Ebright’s film The Way We Speak, direct from YouTube:
In The Way We Speak, Patrick Fabian plays an up-and-coming writer named Simon who refuses to leave the spotlight at an annual thought-leader summit after his best friend and debate opponent suffers cardiac arrest—leading to an obsession over the writer’s new opponent and a growing rift with his ailing wife. The Way We Speak is written and directed by American indie filmmaker Ian Ebright, making his feature directorial debut after a few other short films and the series “White Action News” previously. Produced by Ian Ebright, Lauren Ebright, Molly Vendettuoli. This initially premiered at the 2024 Florida Film Festival earlier this year, and it also play at the RiverRun Film Festival. Gravitas will debut Ebright’s The Way We Speak film direct-to-VOD (no theaters) starting July 23rd, 2024 this summer. Anyone curious to watch?
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