iGilbert is the directorial debut of actor Adrian Martinez, who plays an isolated man looking for connection in a simultaneously classic and strikingly modern portrayal of the messy search for connection.
“There is beauty among the broken in writer/ director Adrian Martinez’s iGilbert, a dreamlike ode to human connection at a time in which our phones keep us safely cradled in our own bubble of safety….” — Filmthreat.com
“Adrian Martinez plays an isolated man looking for connection in a simultaneously classic and strikingly modern portrayal of the messy search for true connection” — New Filmmakers Los Angeles
“Incredibly creepy and sweetly endearing, all at once”— Ryan Fleck, director “Captain Marvel” “Mrs. America”
“ ‘Marty’ for the digital age” — Annette Insdorf
“Great movie… Really hit me emotionally. I love how it takes a stereotype in culture that movies either turn into joke or monsters and here, you’ve created a layered and very flawed human character and made me want to take the difficult journey. I buy all of it. Even the magical realism seems real. Amazing moments throughout.”–David Gordon Green, director “All the Real Girls,” “George Washington,” “Halloween”
“iGilbert tests and pleasantly challenges audiences’ sympathies with a story of a man who secretly films women, but ends up doing a very good deed.”— MovieMaker Magazine
Synopsis
A future fairytale about being seen.
Gilbert Gonzalez (Adrian Martinez), feels isolated from the world. He is 39, a virgin, diabetic, and lives with his sarcastic, overprotective mother, who owns the upper Manhattan brownstone.
Fearful of life and people, yet starving for human connection, Gilbert sublimates by taking photos of women, building a digital ‘connection’ to others. Jana, (Dascha Polanco), is Gilbert’s tenant– beautiful but haunted by her own insecurities that inhibit her from standing up to her ex-boyfriend Tony, (Raul Castillo), an Iraq war vet with PTSD. Three people reaching for true connection, becomes a dangerous love triangle in our increasingly digital and disconnected world.
Cast & Credits
Adrian Martinez
Director, Producer, Executive Producer, Writer, “Gilbert Gonzalez” (Lead Actor)
Jose Rivera
Executive Producer, “Gregory” (Supporting Actor)
Dascha Polanco
“Jana”(Lead Actor)
Emilio Delgado
“Rodolfo Gonzalez” (Supporting Actor)
Monique Gabriela Curnen
“Hot Doctor” (Supporting Actor)
Mozhan Marnó
“Detective Rivera” (Supporting Actor)
Raul Castillo
“Tony” (Supporting Actor)
Socorro Santiago
“Carmen Gonzalez” (Supporting Actor)
