CASSANDRA
USA, 2020, 13’
Direction and Screenplay: David E. Tolchinsky / Production: Madison Jones / Cast: Sara Bues, John Fenner, Ruby Dalton / Cinematography: Robert Stern / Editing: C.A. Davis
A policewoman named Crawley hurried to the house that matched the latest sketch by “Cassandra”, a killer who liked to draw the location of her next murder. The house (the old Wilson farm) belongs to Field, a retired psychiatrist, who long ago treated a 12-year-old patient named Cassandra Philips. He helped her recover what he believed were memories of some kind of unspeakable abuse, until he was prosecuted for implanting false memories in his patients. When memories cannot be trusted, what can be trusted?
David E. Tolchinsky’s work has been seen at venues as Sundance, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Kennedy Center and distributed in theatres. He was included many times on New City’s Film: Chicago Screen Gem list. He is the founder of Nothwestern’s MFA program in writing and attended Yale and USC.
He is currently working on the feature version of Cassandra.
