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Bella Vista

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Bella Vista is a fiction/documentary hybrid that tells the story of a woman at a crossroads. In the dead of winter in the mountain valley of Missoula, Montana, Doris has just returned to the U.S. after years teaching English abroad. At the local university, she forms a small community with her class of international students. But outside she is alienated, unable to form meaningful connections. Doris explores the town, coming across clues to a recent legacy of displaced persons: an old photograph of an Indian camp, a row of Japanese graves in the local cemetery. And she is haunted by a strange encounter with a boy, who lives in a motel on the edge of town. As winter begins to thaw, she and her students must consider the complexities of adapting and belonging. What if home is no longer a place, but just an idea? Could you lose yourself completely? The next decision they make will redefine not only their lives, but their very identities.

Directed byVera Brunner-Sung

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 20m
Language
EN
Released
January 29, 2014

Featuring

Cast & crew

2 credited
Starring
Kathleen Wise

Kathleen Wise

Doris

Hiroka Matsushima

Yuri

Creative team
Directed by
Vera Brunner-Sung

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