Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama, Drugs, Surreal, Mental Illness, Police
Plot: Set in contemporary Los Angeles, Camera Obscura is a psychological thriller drama about Jimmy (ADAM TRESE), a talented photographer with true artist's sensibilities who takes a job as a crime scene photographer with the LAPD. Unable to comprehend and accept the dark and cruel reality of the crime scenes and haunted by the images of victims he witnesses, Jimmy confronts his fears by setting his own boundaries on reality and illusion. He starts to beautify the crime scenes by changing the composition, lighting and lenses he uses, and shooting the victims in surreal and living poses. Soon, in his pictures, the victims don't look dead anymore and Jimmy ultimately convinces himself that through his camera he can make the dead come alive again. His wife, Maria (ARIADNA GIL), a talented ballet dancer, becomes increasingly concerned about his peculiar behavior and despite her efforts to understand and balance their life, she turns their relationship into a spiral of ups and downs, misunderstandings and forgiveness, humor and terror; where love survives only if it's reinvented every day. The two LAPD detectives, David Flowers (CULLY FREDRICKSEN) and Russo (VJ FOSTER), who work the crime scenes with Jimmy, are skimming a drug deal. Abrasive and sarcastic, they taunt Jimmy for his
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