Affluenza (film)
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| Directed by | Kevin Asch |
| Produced by | Morris S. Levy |
| Screenplay by | Antonio Macia |
| Story by | Kevin Asch Antonio Macia |
| Starring |
Ben Rosenfield Gregg Sulkin Grant Gustin Nicola Peltz |
| Music by | MJ Mynarski |
| Cinematography | Timothy Gillis |
| Edited by | Suzanne Spangler |
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Lookbook Films
Mega Films |
| Distributed by | Filmbuff |
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84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Affluenza is a 2014 American drama film directed by Kevin Asch and written by Antonio Macia. It is loosely based on The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was the first leading role for actor Ben Rosenfield, and also starred Gregg Sulkin, Nicola Peltz and Grant Gustin.
In 2008, Fisher Miller (Ben Rosenfield), a young photography student, has a meeting with a wealthy businessman Mr. Carson (Roger Rees) to help him get into art school, only to be told his work reflects the decline of a generation rather than its future hope, Carson laments this as he declares his generation are going out of business in a "fire sale".
It then flashes back a month before the financial crash as Fisher moves in with his aunt Bunny and uncle Philip (Samantha Mathis and Steve Guttenberg) in Great Neck, New York, to escape his middle-class life for the mansions of the young, beautiful elite of Long Island's moneyed class. With a stash of high-quality weed and a vintage camera, he gains access to his gorgeous cousin Kate's (Nicola Peltz) circle of wealthy and indulged friends, just as their entitled reality is about to spin out of control as Fisher learns that being part of this group always comes at a cost. A revealing take on the hidden perils of privilege ensues as Fisher befriends the stepson of the community's richest resident, Dylan Carson (Gregg Sulkin), an insecure outsider in his own world who uses his money in an attempt to gain the acceptance he craves. Central to his pursuit is the love of his former flame Kate, now dating the preppy Todd (Grant Gustin). Through Fisher's help, Dylan attempts to regain Kate's affection only for the triangle to come crashing down, just as the financial system around them, with devastating consequences for all those involved.
As Fisher retorts to Mr. Carson in the present, "what's the point of making all that money if you can't connect to the people that you love?", a lesson they'll all learn in the most tragic of ways as Fisher, Kate and Dylan's family fortunes crumble. Money really doesn't buy happiness, no matter how much they want it.
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