Wallflower(2019)

R
1h 24m

Release Date: Oct 4, 2019 | Limited

A man planning to commit a mass shooting is befriended by an eccentric group of ravers and finds himself conflicted about his intentions. Based on the untold story of Seattle's Capitol Hill Massacre.

Releases

Original Release | Oct 4, 2019

Box Office

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$2,378
Total US & Canada:
$3,801
Total Worldwide:
$3,801

Director & Top Cast

Jagger Gravning
Director

David Call
Murderer

Atsuko Okatsuka
Strobe Rainbow

Conner Marx
Link

Hannah Horton
Noob Girl

Cequoia Johnson
Ranma

Hassan Cristos Messiah

Orco

Molly Tollefson

Shroom Fairy

Hope Shanthi

Zen

Jose Abaoag

Metacom

Stewie Valencia

Power Ranger

Sheila Houlahan

Optima Prime

Joe Cummings

DMZ

Kyle Jewell

Juicebox

Rosario Rieger

Cheshire Kitty

Nathan Christopher Haase

Machine Elf

Geoff Garza

Officer Leonard

Reza Leal-Smartt

Britt

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Summaries

Storyline

On the night a disturbed man from a small town plans to commit a mass shooting at a Seattle rave, he is befriended by an eccentric group of ravers who invite him into their home. As the night unfolds, he becomes conflicted about his intentions as the lines blur between their liberated world and his repressed desires. "Wallflower" is a clash of civilizations: the old America versus the new. — Jagger Gravning, John W. Comerford and Brian Nunes "Writer/director Jagger Gravning recounts the Capitol Hill massacre of 2006 in this docudrama, based on the events of that night. Though the story of a mass shooter and his victims is, sadly, not an uncommon one, this film traces the events through the eyes of the perpetrator as he struggles with the choices he's made and the ones he hasn't. As he meets an eccentric group of ravers who welcome him into their home and lives, making him question what he believes he must do, the conflict within himself is evident. In the words of Gravning, this film is not meant to gain sympathy for the 2006 shooter, Kyle Huff. Rather, he uses Wallflower as a homage to empathy, reveling in the fact that if empathy is shown to those who put themselves in the position of the perpetrator, tragic events of this nature will stop becoming the norm in this culture. Gravning's passion for the project and message is evident throughout the film, while also paying tribute to the creative, colorful, lively cultivation of the Seattle rave scene." — SIFF Programming Team