A Chance Encounter movie storyline. Two Americans, one an aspiring poet and the other an established folk musician, cross paths in the scenic, coastal town of Taormina, Sicily. Their instant chemistry sparks collaboration, leading to an unexpected, weeklong writer’s retreat at a beautiful villa in the Sicilian countryside. As they immerse themselves in the local culture, they challenge each other to express their thorniest secrets, growing closer all the while.
“A Chance Encounter” is the very definition of a small film, in all of the best ways. Directed by Alexander Jeffery in his feature debut, and written by Jeffery and his frequent producing partner Paul Petersen who also stars, the movie feels very personal. Petersen plays Hal opposite folk singer Andrea von Kampen playing Josie, coincidentally a folk singer.
They meet by chance in Taormina, Sicily where he has gone to write poetry and she has gone in search of the inspiration to compose a follow up song to her one hit. Playing her guitar on a wall overlooking the countryside, Hal, entranced by her singing, tries to put 5€ in her guitar case. He knows that song and thinks she’s done a great cover of it. Imagine his surprise to find that she was the “real thing.”
They hit it off and gradually, over the week that Hal has left on his trip, they bond over their insecurities, dreams, and little secrets. She proposes that they spend it as a “writers’ retreat.” Josie is stuck and Hal is looking for something but he’s not sure what.
A Chance Encounte (2022)
Molto Bella
Directed by: Alexander Jeffery
Starring: Kyle Brunick, Kenny Burns, Jason Edwards, Paul Petersen, Elizabeth Stenholt, Vincenzo Vivenzio, Andrea von Kampen
Screenplay by: Alexander Jeffery, Paul Petersen
Production Design by: Richard Wharton
Cinematography by: Joel Froome
Film Editing by: J.C. Doler
Music by: Bence Kutrik, Andrea von Kampen
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Samuel Goldwyn Company
Release Date: October 28, 2022
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