SYNOPSIS
Please Be Normal is a bold and visionary reflection on the universal problem of choosing the direction of our lives. A young struggling playwright and theater director and his girlfriend are expecting their first child. Victor has a temporary job in construction to make ends meet, but the dusty, dirty job exhausts him. The young couple is about to move out of their bohemian apartment in Brooklyn to the suburbs, all funded by Mary’s father. As Dad keeps buying them things they could never afford, Victor’s claustrophobia and sense of entrapment grows. His inner struggle to meet their expectations seems to be guiding him towards a way of life he is unwilling to accept.
CAST & CREW
Haik Kocharian
Director
Producer(s)
Anette Lewis, Karine Kocharyan
Script
Haik Kocharian
Director of Photography
Ori Lahav, Haik Kocharian
Music by
Stars of the Lid
Sound
Jordi Cirbian
Edit
Ori Lahav
Cast
Louis Cancelmi, Sam Waterston, Elisabeth Waterston, Dana Eskelson
Production company(ies)
Haik Kocharian Films LLC 125 East 84th Street #4A 10028 New York, USA
Haik Kocharian
Born in Armenia, has lived in New York City since 1993. Began his studies at the Armenian Theater Academy and continued his education studying film directing and photography at Brooklyn College. Kocharian had solo exhibitions in different galleries in New York City. He got several awards and also collaborates with various non-for-profit organizations. Haik Kocharian has written and directed six short films including Charlie, which won the Thirteen/WNET Reel 13 Shorts competition in 2007 and was broadcast on Channel 13. In 2007, he wrote and co-produced his first feature, Manhattan Romance, a French-American production.
Filmography
Please Be Normal (2013).
