TRE opens tonight in LA

    SYNOPSIS  Tre arrives unannounced at a secluded mountain home where his friends Gabe and Kakela allow him to crash on their couch. But Kakela becomes increasingly annoyed with Tre when he begins a revenge-fueled sexual affair with her best friend, Nina. As Kakela watches Nina's marriage unravel, she begins to question her devotion to Gabe. Unsure of her motives, she accepts a dare devised by Tre -- a simple 10-second experiment that changes her life forever.

Sexual competition and moral ambiguity are the only constants in Eric Byler's searing follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2003 Independent Spirit Award nominated film, "Charlotte Sometimes," the sexy anti-romance celebrated by film critic Roger Ebert as a "breakthrough for Asian American cinema."

"The all-Asian cast I chose for "Charlotte Sometimes" confused some viewers because they had come to expect an overt political commentary when confronted with ethnic faces in American films. My follow-up "Tre" feature mixed Asian (“hapa”) romantic leads and also ignores ethnicity, favoring humanity as its focus and theme. At its core, "Tre" is an exploration of how the idea of love, and our near religious faith in it, can lead us to make promises we don't intend to keep, to covet what is not ours, and to submit to impulses and compulsions we may spend the rest of our lives regretting. This can be true for an Asian American, a half Asian, or any person for that matter. In a sense, "Tre" reasserts the right of ethnic artists to tell stories about our communities without focusing on the issue of race…without political agenda. You might say that claiming this right is an artistic agenda with political implications." —Eric Byler Jan. 2008

“Tre” was co-written by Byler and lead actress Kimberly-Rose Wolter (Charlotte Sometimes) also starring Daniel Cariaga, Alix Koromzay and Erik McDowell. Winner of the Special Jury Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

www.trethemovie.com

Laemmle's Sunset 5  8000 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90046 323.848.3500 SHOWTIMES: 12:30, 2:45, 5:10, 7:30 & 9:55

DIRECTOR and CAST Q/A's at Sunset 5: Friday, February 1st after 7:30pm show Saturday, February 2nd after 5:10pm & 7:30pm shows

Laemmle's One Colorado 42 Miller Alley, Old Pasadena, CA 91103 626.744.1224 SHOWTIMES: 12:45, 3:00, 5:25, 7:40 & 10:00

CAST AND CREW Q/A AT LAEMMLE ONE COLORADO Saturday following the 7:40 pm  (cinematographer Rob Humphreys and writer/actor Kimberly-Rose Wolter)

Sunday, February 3rd after 3:00pm & 5:25pm shows (Director Eric Byler and writer/actor Kimberly-Rose Wolter)