Quid Pro Quo
2008 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
A semi-paralyzed radio reporter is sent out to investigate a story that leads him into an odd subculture and on a journey of disturbing self-realization. Isaac Knott (Nick Stahl) is a Public Radio reporter in New York City. When he was eight, his mother and father died in an automobile accident that left him in a wheelchair. On air, Isaac recounts how he recently received an anonymous tip from someone identified only as "Ancient Chinese Girl." She tells him a perfectly able-bodied man walked into an emergency ward downtown, and attempted to bribe a doctor into amputating his leg. As Isaac investigates the eerie tip, he encounters Fiona (Vera Farmiga) who, through her own quandary, leads Isaac to a netherworld of people afflicted with a perverse desire to be disabled. Like a contemporary noir detective film, QUID PRO QUO follows Isaac as he embarks on a dream-like journey to pull back the layers of what makes people feel whole.
Direction Carlos Brooks
Cast Nick Stahl · Vera Farmiga · Ashlie Atkinson · Rachel Black · Dylan Bruno · Kate Burton · Jeane Fournier · James Frain · Tia Dionne Hodge · Aimee Mullins
Soundtrack Mark Mothersbaugh
Screenplay Carlos Brooks
Cinematography Michael McDonough
Original title Quid Pro Quo
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622 votes (FilmAffinity)
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