Choke (2008) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Choke
Year
2008
Running time
89 min.
Country
United States
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Cast
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Genre
Comedy. Drama | Black Comedy. Independent Film (US)
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Synopsis
An adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s (Fight Club) novel, CHOKE is the sardonic story about mother and son relationship, fear of aging, sexualaddiction, and the dark side of historical theme parks. Victor Mancini, a sex-addicted med-school dropout, who keeps his increasingly deranged mother, Ida, in an expensive private medical hospital by working days as a historical reenactor at a Colonial Williamsburg theme park. At night Victor runs a scam by deliberately choking in upscale restaurants to form parasitic relationships with the wealthy patrons who “save” him. When, in a rare lucid movement, Ida reveals that she has withheld the shocking truth of his father’s identity, Victor enlists the aid of his best friend, Denny and his mother’s beautiful attending physician, Dr. Paige Marshall, to solve the mystery before the truth of his possibly divine parentage is lost forever.
Awards
2008: Sundance: Special Jury Prize (For the work by an ensemble cast.)
2008: Satellite Awards: 3 nominations
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