A Reason to Believe
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| Directed by | Douglas Tirola |
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| Written by | Douglas Tirola |
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| Cinematography | Sarah Cawley |
| Edited by | Sabine Hoffmann |
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Running time | 109 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Reason to Believe is a 1995 American drama independent film directed by Douglas Tirola. The film is set in Oxford, Ohio and Cincinnati, Ohio and was released on September 22, 1995.
Plot
Charlotte, a popular girl on campus, goes to a wild party while her boyfriend Wesley is not in town. When she realizes she's become too drunk, she leaves the party. But Jim, who she danced with at the party soon joins her and she gets forced into a sexual encounter. Feeling shame and self-blame, it's hard for her to find the courage to speak her mind. When she does, many of her friends don't believe her. In the meantime Jim honestly doesn't think what happened that night was rape. But as members of his own fraternity and campus feminist groups begin to unpiece the grey areas, the ensuing experience challenges the trust and friendship of college students who thought they would be friends forever.
Cast
- Jay Underwood - Jim Curran
- Allison Smith - Charlotte Byrne
- Danny Quinn - Wesley
- Georgia Emelin - Linda Perryman
- Kim Walker - Judith
- Keith Coogan - Potto
- Christopher Birt - Gary
- Lisa Lawrence - Alison
- Holly Marie Combs - Sharon
- Obba Babatundé - Prof. Thurman
- Mark Metcalf - Dean Kirby
- Robin Riker - Constance
- Afton Smith - Becky
- Joe Flanigan - Eric Sayles
- David Overlund - Freddy
- Jimmy Kieffer - Dave Brown (as Jim Kieffer)
- Mary Thomas - Tracy
- Michelle Stratton - Amy
- Rachel Parker - Donna
- Sally Kenyon - Daisy
- Andy Holcomb - Harvey
- Cary Spadafora - Nancy
- Terek Puckett - Lazy student
- Matt Johnston - Hippie student
- Tracy Keegan - ...
- Steve Carruthers - ...
- Christopher Trela - Kinko's brother
- Don Handfield - Nuj
- Jon Hoffman - Dean
- Claire Cundiff - Capt. Pepper
- Christian Meinhardt - Editor
- Tulane Chartock - Dean's secretary
- Carol O'Neil - Feminist hanging flyers
- Alex Wolfe - Asshole in quad
- Amy Smith - Bartender at Hole in the Wall
- Frank Martorana - Scared brother (as Frank Martina)
- Catherine Pinckert - Girl never studying
- Jeff Niles - ...
- Doye Trachtenberg - Biggest brother
- Noah Lanich - Puking brother
- Doug Devine - Party brother
- Brett Kreutzmann - Shot-race brother