The Mattachine Family Movie Details:
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Drama |
Release date | June 4, 2024 (Amazon Prime Video) |
Running time | 1hr 39min |
Starring | Nico Tortorella Juan Pablo Di Pace Emily Hampshire Carl Clemons-Hopkins Heather Matarazzo Cloie Wyatt Taylor Jake Choi |
Directed by | Andy Vallentine |
Written by | Danny Vallentine |
Produced by | Scot Boland Michael Diaz Siddharth Ganji Stuart Heinlein Cameron Hutchison Andy Vallentine |
Cinematography by | Julia Swain |
Edited by | Jonathan Melin |
Music by | Lauren Culjak |
Production Company | Huckleberry Films |
Distributor | Giant Pictures Peccadillo Pictures Salzgeber Optimale GagaOOLala |
The Mattachine Family Movie Cast & Characters:
- Nico Tortorella as Thomas
- Juan Pablo Di Pace as Oscar
- Emily Hampshire as Leah
- Carl Clemons-Hopkins as Ted
- Heather Matarazzo as Annie
- Jake Choi as Jamie
- Annie Funke as Laura
- Cloie Wyatt Taylor as Sonia
- Colleen Foy as Sarah
- Garrett Clayton as Jake
- Jack Perry as Paul
- Anny Elizabeth Rosario as Rachel
- Roze JC Zepeda as Cam
- Olabisi Kovabel as Riley
- Will Von Vogt as Martin
- Anthony Lee Medina as Victor (Doctor)
- Matthew Postlethwaite as Sam
- Matthew Jacob Ocampo as Arthur
- Mateo Montez as Arthur’s Father
- Khalilah Joi as Nurse Vera
- Jude Friedman as Young Thomas
- Alice Prime as Diana
Storyline:
While Thomas and Oscar are very much in love, after their first foster child returns to his birth mother, they find that they have different ideas about what making a family actually means.
About The Mattachine Family Movie:
The Mattachine Family is an American comedy-drama film directed by Andy Vallentine. It stars Nico Tortorella and Juan Pablo Di Pace as Thomas and Oscar, a gay couple who have spent a year as foster parents to a teenage boy whose mother was in jail; however, when she is released and regains custody of her son, Thomas and Oscar are forced to confront their very different visions for what they want out of life when they find themselves in disagreement on whether to pursue true parenthood.
The cast also includes Emily Hampshire as Leah, Thomas’s friend who is also grappling with queer parenthood as she has recently suffered a miscarriage, as well as Heather Matarazzo, Cloie Wyatt Taylor, Jake Choi, Garrett Clayton, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Travis DuBridge, Colleen Foy, Jude Friedman, Annie Funke, Khalilah Joi and Jeanine Harrington in supporting roles.
The film premiered in the New American Cinema competition at the 2023 Seattle International Film Festival. It was subsequently screened at film festivals, including the Frameline Film Festival, Outfest, Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, and the 2023 Calgary International Film Festival.
It premiered on June 4, 2024, on Amazon Prime Video.