True/False Films

Kati With An I

In person: director Robert Greene and d.p. Sean Price Williams

Sneak preview. With high school graduation looming, Kati is just three days from entering the real world, and nothing seems to be going right. Her friends are saying good-bye, her parents are located hundreds of miles away, and her fiancé, James, is stuck in his mother's tight grip. Kati spends her last moments indulging in teenage folly — bad sing-alongs in the car, afternoon pool parties, arcade trips — and fighting with James and her parents about her life. As Kati grapples with her future, her half-brother, director Robert Greene, and standout cinematographer Sean Williams (Frownland, Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo) tag along, capturing gorgeous and incredibly intimate footage of two teenagers at a crossroads. Both a skillful portrait of teenage angst and a dreamlike meditation on the passing of youth, Kati with an I is a film to get lost in. (CB)

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