Stratford Native Louis Spetrino to Premiere His New Film in Town

Stratford native and independent filmmaker Louis Spetrino is set to release his locally produced high school drama Incomplete on Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. at Flood Middle School in Stratford.

There will also be a screening on Nov. 8 at 7 p.m.

Incomplete was filmed last summer at Stratford High School, and stars current and former students from Bunnell and Stratford High.

Incomplete is about a video production teacher who devises a plan to get famous by creating a high school based “found footage” docudrama. Six students, with varying degrees of drama between them are selected to take part in the video project. They are unaware of the hidden cameras that have been placed in the room. What the hidden cameras capture changes all of their lives.

Spetrino, a Bunnell High School alum, was very excited to work with students from Stratford.

“Since this is a high school based film, I thought it would be a great opportunity to involve the local students in the filmmaking process,” Spetrino said in a press release. “People are going to be blown away by their performances. I couldn’t be more proud of them or the work that they did.”

Read more from the press release below:

All screenings, including the premiere are open to the public. Tickets are available now. Excluding the premiere there will be a question & answer session with the director and cast members after each screening.

The target audience is high school aged kids and teachers, but Spetrino feels the film has a much broader appeal.

“Incomplete takes place in High School, but the themes of loss, feeling alone, inadequacy, not appreciating what you have and where you are, and even bullying, are issues that people of any age can relate to.

“With this being an entirely Stratford based production, we are hoping for a large turnout of the Stratford community, not just those with kids in one of the schools.”

Spetrino is planning to travel to other high schools in the area to screen the film as well.

“I’d like to go into different schools and talk about the movie, and then hold screenings at varying schools all around Connecticut.”

If you are interested in hosting a screening, please contact Louis at lspetrino@yahoo.com.

He hopes to continue this effort in what he’s billing as the CT Film Project.

“I would love to be able to keep this project going and expand it into other towns to give more kids the opportunity to work on a movie and to help it go from script to screen.”

More information can be found at incompletethemovie.com or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/incompletethemovie.

View the trailer below:

Incomplete - Trailer One from Spetrino Pictures on Vimeo.