Reeling 2010: Kill the Habit

When Galia accidently kills her drug dealer, Lyle, she calls on her secretly-pining best friend, Soti, to help sort things out. While figuring out what the heck to do, the two find themselves trapped in Lyle’s apartment by a colorful cast of addicts who won’t stop dropping by for a fix. When Lyle’s hot-as-hell Latina wife, Cardamosa, wakes up to find his bloody body on the bathroom floor, she is overjoyed at not having to do the deed herself. The three hatch a plan to dispose of Lyle’s body and agree to split the mountains his cash. The desperateness of their situation (just how, exactly, do you dispose of a corpse ?) leads to some dark humor, a fragile partnership, and an unwelcomed urgency. Galia, it turns out, needs to bail out one brother and get home in time for their baby brother’s bris. Cardamosa wants her cut of the cash and to skip town as fast as possible. And Soti just wants Galia to get clean and finally tell her of her true feelings. Kill the Habit proves that getting rid of a cold corpse can really turn up the heat! —Emily Koenig for Reeling Kill the Habit, Laura Neri (USA, 2010, 80 min.) Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival, the second oldest film festival of its kind in the US, is presenting 54 programs over 10 days from November 4-13, 2010. Advance sales are available until the day before the show. After that, tickets must be purchased at the theater box office on the day of the screening. Regular Screenings: $10 ($8 members), Matinee Screenings (before 5:00 pm): $8 ($6 members).

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