User:Sowhat137/Let Go (independent film 2010)

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Let Go is an independent film, by Teen Music Productions from 2010. Let Go tells the story of a circle of friends in thier twenties who live in New York. The movie tells thier stories as they deal with provacative issues such as drug abuse, alcoholism, AIDS and suicide. The film is a sort of coming of age story, as these friends realize that life gets more serious and much harder as they grow older. Let Go is ultimately a film about the darker sides of life that we all must face in time, but that we all must learn to deal with to see the lighter side

. This is a story about letting go of your fears and troubles and moving on with life. Plot Summary

Let Go mainly focuses on three best friends: Anna, Kitty, and Bobby, who went to high school together and are finding that things change as time goes by. Other characters include: Anthony, Al, Charlie, Lauren, Julian, Layla, Pete, Roger, Tim, and Heidi. Anna (Leighton Meester), Bobby (Thomas Dekker), and Kitty (Meaghan Jette Martin) are the best of friends. The've always been inseperable, and they can't see life any other way. Kitty and Anna are practically sisters, and although they aren't together, Bobby is sure that Anna will someday be his wife. But everything changes one day when Anna falls in love with Vince, a local musician. Anna falls hard for Vince and soon she is spending all her time with him, all but forgetting her old friends. Kitty, realizing that Anna's life is taking a new direction, goes her own way, meeting new friends like Al, Charlie and Lauren. When Kitty sees that there is a whole world out there that she has been missing, she also leaves Bobby behind. Bobby, still hurt by the loss of his two best friends struggles to find his own "posse". Meanwhile, along with Vince, Anna meets other new friends such as Anthony (Adam Brody), Pete (Chace Crawford) and Layla (Nora Zehter), Vince's sister. While Anna is enjoying her new life, she is realizing that Vince is what she thought. Though she loves him, she finds out that he is severly mentally ill, a self injurer and a drug abuser. Although his best friend, Anthony, who is HIV positive, warns her to get out while she can, Anna feels that she is responible for her lover. Vince, a victim of mental illness and being in love for the first time, develops a strong attachment to Anna which turns into seperation anxiety. His obsession with her becomes so intense, that it ultimately causes him to kill himself. Heartbroken and lost after her lover's sudden suicide, Anna turns back to Bobby and Kitty for support. Although Kitty is bitter at first, she forgives Anna for leaving them, and the three are united again. But upon reutrning to her old friends, Anna finds that things have changed. Bobby has moved on and has a new girlfriend, Heidi (Audrina Patridge). And Kitty has a new best friend, Lauren (Monica Bellucci). Now Anna must grow up and get over her loss on her own. Luckily, Anthony, who is also mourning Vince's death, sees that she is in pain and supports her in her time of grief. Through supporting eachother, the two form a strong bond to one another. Meanwhile, Kitty is having a hard time finding love, and watching her friend's love lives. Her best friend, Lauren is a heroin addict struggling to get clean. But things start looking up for her when she meets Julian (Jay Hernandez), a personal trainer who is very concerned about Lauren's condition. Meanwhile, Charlie (Elisha Cuthbert) and Al (Emile Hirsch), are newly weds who are finding that married life isn't all it's cracked up to be. Side Stories

Layla copes with her brother's suicide, as she falls in love with Vince's bandmate, Pete. Things get even more complicated for her when she gets pregnant with Pete's baby. The two of them get engaged and she moves in with Pete and Roger, a young British mortician who's been staying with Pete while he's in the U.S. Layla wants everything to work out for her and Pete, but feels that they need to find a new place to settle down, and leave thier past behind...

Anna and her friends meet Tim (Chad Michael Murray), a drag queen who was dating thier friend, Seth. After losing his partner to AIDS, Tim finds himself questioning his lifestyle and looking to rediscover himself. He chooses to give up cross dressing and look for a better way of life...

Lauren struggles with her drug addiction, her weight, and various unhealthy relationships in her life. While Kitty encourages her to get it together, it is not until she meets Julian that things really start to turn around...

Jack (Nick Roud), is Charlie's little brother. Living in Charlie and Al's basment is getting to be stressful for him, as he is constantly witnessing thier disfunctional marriage falling apart. A young film maker, striving to make a name for himself, Jack struggles not only with career choices, but with lifestyle choices as well. After losing the girl he was sure he loved, he struggles with his orientation and his self identity...

As Anthony comforts Anna in her grieving, he realizes that he is in love with her. Although he knows that there's nothing to be ashamed of, he feels as if he is betraying his late best friend. In addition, he is afraid to get close to Anna because of his illness...