Lymelife

Scott Bartlett (Rory Culkin) is a typical 15-year-old boy growing up in late-1970s Long Island. His suburban existence is primarily marked by a nerdy interest in Star Wars, fending off bullies at high school, his longtime crush on neighbor/best friend Adrianna Bragg (Emma Roberts), and navigating the dysfunctional terrain of his parents' rocky marriage—all against the paranoid backdrop of a Lyme disease outbreak, which has freaked out Scott's high-strung mother, Brenda (Jill Hennessy), and has already claimed Adrianna's father, Charlie (Timothy Hutton), as a victim. With Charlie out of work due to his illness, Adrianna's mother, Melissa (Cynthia Nixon), takes a job working for Scott's father, Mickey (Alec Baldwin), a successful real-estate developer, and soon embarks on a messy affair. When eldest son Jimmy (Kieran Culkin) returns from army training and confronts his father about Mickey's less-than-discreet adultery, both families are forever changed by the devastating consequences.Drawing from their own childhoods, director Derick Martini and his brother and cowriter, Steven Martini, bring a palpable sense of place and authenticity to Lymelife. Their alternately funny and emotionally devastating script, brought to life by a talented roster of actors, poignantly reinvents both the suburban drama and the coming-of-age story at the same time.
CAST
Alec Baldwin, Kieran Culkin, Rory Culkin, Jill Hennessy, Timothy Hutton, Cynthia Nixon, Emma Roberts

Derick Martini - Derick Martini made his feature-film debut as the producer, cowriter, and costar of the multiple award-winning feature film Smiling Fish & Goat on Fire. His other feature-film writing credits include the soon-to-be-released biopic Bolden!, the life story of mythical jazz legend Buddy Bolden; the thriller Selling Time for Twentieth Century Fox; and the crime drama The Day Trader, which is in development at Imagine Entertainment. Lymelife is Martini's feature-film directorial debut, a personal story which he cowrote with his brother, Steven Martini.

Screenings:

Fri. Jan 16 9:00 p.m. - LYMEL16SN Screening Room, Sundance Resort
Sat. Jan 17 11:15 a.m. - LYMEL17RD Racquet Club, Park City
Sun. Jan 18 1:30 p.m. - LYMEL18BD Broadway Centre Cinemas IV, SLC
Tue. Jan 20 5:30 p.m. - LYMEL20LE Library Center Theatre, Park City
Sat. Jan 24 11:30 p.m. - LYMEL24PL Prospector Square Theatre, Park City