A tremendous feat achieved by
Peruvian director Alonzo Mayo, the award-winning debut screens today, April 5,
in the U.S. and Canada. “The Story of Luke” is an independent film that tackles
the life of a young man with autism who after being protected all his life,
embarks upon the search for work and love.
“The Story of Luke” was produced
by Nina Leidersdorff, Julien Favre and Fred Roos and stars Lou Taylor Pucci,
who plays Luke and is accompanied by Seth Green, Cary Elwes and Kristen Bauer,
among other actors.
Yesterday, April 4, The New York
Times reviewed, “The film serves as a modest reminder that the challenges of
autism may sometimes be no more daunting or fearsome than those that face
anyone in search of an independent life.”
So far the film from Alonso Mayo
has received many prizes in different international competitions in 2012,
including that of the best picture in the San Diego Film Festival, Festivus
Film Festival and the San Luis Obispo Film Festival. It has won four awards of
best picture elected by the public at the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival,
Bahamas Film Festival, SF Indie Film Festival and the Omaha Film Festival.
After today, April 5, “The Story
of Luke" will be seen in 18 commercial theaters in the U.S. and Canada (Los
Angeles, New York, Anchorage, Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati,
Eatontown-NJ, Lawrence-KS, Ogden-UT, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, San Diego,
San Francisco, St. Louis, Vancouver, Washington, DC). Production is also
working to announce very soon the dates of its premier in all of Peru.