''Tom in America'' is a short film directed by

Flavio Alves Flavio Pimenta Alves (born 30 November 1969) is a Brazilian writer, screenwriter, and film director resident in America since 1998. His movies consistently feature elderly characters as protagonists. He is best known for the film ''The Garden Lef ...

and starring Academy Award nominees

Burt Young Gerald Tommaso DeLouise (born April 30, 1940), known professionally as Burt Young, is an American actor, author and painter. He played Rocky Balboa's brother-in-law and best friend Paulie Pennino in the ''Rocky'' film series. He was nominated for ...

and

Sally Kirkland Sally Kirkland (born October 31, 1941) is an American film, television and stage actress and producer. A former member of Andy Warhol's The Factory and an active member in 1960s New York avant-garde theater, she has appeared in more than 250 fi ...

. The story centers around the life of a married elderly man living in a

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suburb of

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who, while rummaging through trash in search of things to sell at the local flea market, finds a

Tom of Finland Touko Valio Laaksonen (8 May 1920 – 7 November 1991), pseudonym Tom of Finland, was a Finnish artist who made stylized highly masculinized homoerotic art, and influenced late 20th-century gay culture. He has been called the "most influential ...

doll that triggers a long-ignored impulse.

Cast

as Michael *

as Betty * Jacques Mitchell as Tom *

Alex Kruz Alex Kruz (born November 30, 1978) is an American television, theater and film actor. He was born in New Jersey. He is of Ecuadorian descent. He appeared in the films '' Red Cloud: Deliverance'' (as Jake Red Cloud) and ''Tom in America'', and ...

as Gus * Dawn Young as Michele * Denise Hungerford as Suzanne * Michael J. Cannon as Chuck * Steve Brustien as Doctor Hesse * Erika Woods as Weather Woman * Scott Schafer as Small Man * Mitch Giannunzio as Big Man * Eddie Sass III as Young Michael * Wendy Callard-Booz as Old Woman

Release

''Tom in America'' had its world premiere at the 20th

Palm Springs International Film Festival Palm Springs International Film Festival (sometimes stylized shortly as PSIFF) is a film festival held in Palm Springs, California. Originally promoted by Mayor Sonny Bono and then sponsored by Nortel,here for Table of Contents it started in 1989 ...

in June 2014.

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* * * 2014 films 2014 romantic drama films American romantic drama films Films set in New York City Films shot in New York City Kickstarter-funded films Films directed by Flavio Alves 2010s English-language films 2010s American films {{2010s-romantic-drama-film-stub