Peter john Cutajar
Casting Call - Student Short Film Production
Adult Roles
EZRA [MAIN]
Gender: Male
Age Range: 22 - 25 Years
Description: EZRA is a student who left school but achieved success in creating companion chatbots. From the request of a grieving mother, EZRA strives to maintain emotional detachment while designing a chatbot modeled after his lifelong friend LUKAS. Unbeknownst to him, his efforts reveal his ongoing journey through repressed grief, suggesting that his project is as much about processing loss as it is about innovation.
LUKAS [MAIN]
Gender: Male
Age Range: 22 - 25 Years
Description: LUKAS is a character who, despite his tendency to be a loner, found friendship in EZRA from a very young age. He is characterized as kind-hearted and eager to please others, though he silently battles with his mental health. LUKAS embodies the contemporary male experience, highlighting the challenges faced by many men today, including issues related to masculinity, achievements, and self-worth.
JULIE [EZRA’S GIRLFRIEND]
Gender: Female
Age Range: 22 - 25 Years
Description: JULIE, who is in a relationship with EZRA, is pursuing her master's in psychotherapy. While she provides support to EZRA from a distance as he ambitiously works on replicating his friend, she is also critical of the project and serves as a voice of reason and empathy. Julie and Ezra live together.
THERESA [LUKAS’ MOTHER]
Gender: Female
Age Range: 40 - 50 years
Description: A mother in mourning, struggling with the pain of losing her son, turns to EZRA with a heartfelt request: to craft a model based on LUKAS. She hopes this will help her navigate her grief, and partly due to her religious upbringing, she seeks to retroactively save LUKAS from himself. THERESA is proud and productive, and this sometimes comes across as tough love.
Child Roles ( + respective handlers)
YOUNG EZRA
Gender: Male
Age Range: 12 - 14 Years
Description: A playful and happy child, grew up alongside LUKAS as his best friend.
YOUNG LUKAS
Gender: Male
Age Range: 12 - 14 Years
Description: Also playful and happy, best friends with EZRA. He was given a digital camcorder as a gift and loved using it to make short movies and plays.
Rotterdam, NL
Casting
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