A Young Woman Left for Dead in the Desert Seeks Revenge VALLEY OF DITCHES — on VOD March 21, 2017
Left for dead in an open grave, Emilia struggles to keep both her life
and her sanity.
A young woman bound in the front seat of a car watches helpless as her captor digs a grave in the desert ground. The lifeless body of her boyfriend lies framed in the rear-view mirror, a fate she will fight at all costs to avoid for herself. But this is only the beginning of a brutal struggle where survival could be worse than death.
Emilia left Montana with her boyfriend Michael to escape her abusive adopted father. While spending the night together in the desert, they are interrupted by religious fanatic, and serial killer, Sean, who murders Michael forcing Emilia to watch. Granting a chance at redemption, Sean chains Emilia to her dead boyfriend, and leaves her in an open grave to attempt to survive in the harsh sun.
As hours tick by, Emilia starts to lose her sanity. Day turns to night and then to day again. In a last ditch effort to survive, she chews through the dead leg restraining her, and escapes. Staggering through the desert towards rescue, she stumbles across a field of shallow graves. The scope of Sean’s evil combined with the memories of oppression from her father take their final toll. She snaps, and while she finally finds safety it’s as a totally different person.
When police investigate what happened to her and her boyfriend, she declines comment. Instead, she tracks down Sean herself, killing his wife in front of him, and slashing his spine, rendering him paraplegic for the rest of his life. She leaves him to suffer, letting him know that he created the monster she became.
About the cast/crew:
Christopher James Lang is a recent east coast arrival. Growing up on the northwest Oregon coast, Chris attended the University of Oregon Journalism school, where his senior documentary on prison work programs (Behind These Walls) won a national Emmy distinction in 2006. Making the move into narrative film making, Chris wrote, directed and produced a 30 min short and an award winning 70 minute feature (‘Franklin Wunder’ SNOB Film Festival best dramatic film) before moving to Boston to pursue a more professional production career. After accruing credits for Lifetime, TLC and A&E, Chris returned to independent film production with his second, multiple award winning feature, ‘Our Life in Make Believe.’ He has since moved to Washington DC where he assembled a team from all over the continent to work on his third feature, ‘Valley of Ditches.’ For this film, he drew heavily on his experience directing true crime recreations for Investigation Discovery and TV One. He is currently planning his fourth feature, a mystery thriller with supernatural undertones.
Amanda Todisco is an actress and writer known for Valley of Ditches (2016) and Our Life in Make Believe (2014). She grew up in Boston, MA, the youngest of four children. She has had a passion for performing since she was a child, first starring in plays at a local church and later discovering independent film. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts — Amherst with a B.A. in English. When not acting or writing, she teaches low-income inner-city middle school students at a public charter school in Boston.
Russell has been performing since elementary and high school in both stage musicals and Shakespeare, graduating from the College of William and Mary with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre before moving to Los Angeles to pursue film and television. Russell has studied acting for the past ten years, taken improv at LA Connections Comedy Theatre, The Groundlings, and Upright Citizen’s Brigade. He has also starred in several independent feature films, His latest projects “A VALLEY OF DITCHES,” “ALWAYS WITH YOU,” and “MODERN RUINS” will premiere later this year. He filmed a political ad earlier this year for the Ted Cruz campaign and also an episode for TRUE NIGHTMARES on the Discovery Channel.
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