Quid Pro Quo
Public Radio investigative reporter Isaac Knott just happens to be confined to a wheel chair. In the course of doing a story about disability wanna-be’s, Isaac traverses a surreal world of fetishism and transgressive eroticism that recalls the unique perspectives of Luis Bunuel and Alfred Hitchcock. In the course of Isaac’s investigation, he finds Fiona or she finds him and she offers him a window into a dark place that exists somewhere between reality and dreams.
Her life’s aspiration is to be crippled, or at least perceived as such. She’s beautiful and successful, yet she longs to be physically destroyed to regain some spiritual transcendence in her life. Her complexity, along with her erotic compulsions, prove irresistible to Isaac.
Isaac is drawn to Fiona’s dark side because somewhere in the strata of her perversion lies an underlying truth about himself. He is confined to a wheelchair because of an accident. What can he possibly learn about himself from Fiona’s desire to be like him? The answer of course is everything.
Directed by
Carlos Brooks
Cast
Vera Farmiga - Fiona
Nick Stahl - Isaac Knott
Aimee Mullins - Raine
James Frain - Father Dave
Kate Burton - Merilee
Dylan Bruno - Scott
Jacob Pitts - Hugh
Jeane Fourier - Charlene Coke
Jessica Hecht - Edie
Rachel Black - Janice Musslewhite
Phil LaMarr - Wannabe Group Leader
Pablo Schreiber - Brooster
Leonardo Nam - Engineer
Michal Sinnott - Isaac’s Mom
Joshua Leonard - Isaac’s Dad
Production Co.
HDNet Films International
2929 Productions
Sanford/Pillsbury Productions
Produced by
Per Melita
Jason Kliot
Sarah Pillsbury
Midge Sanford
Joana Vicente
Mark Cuban
Todd Wagner
Studio
Magnolia Pictures
Writer
Carlos Brooks
Music
Mark Mothersbaugh
