The world is starving for a point of view. Good films and good novels contain powerful ideas. The aim in making this film was to create emotional impact through the use of such ideas, coupled with powerful--and sometimes disturbing--imagery. The story in this film was modeled in the tradition of the Catholic novelists Flannery O'Connor (Wise Blood, A Good Man Is Hard To Find) and Anthony Burgess (The Wanting Seed, A Clockwork Orange). These great authors skillfully combined the disturbing with the inspirational. The world they saw needed a brutal reminder of its own need for redemption.   

The Hymens Parable is an independently produced 16mm feature-length motion picture. The genre is drama. It also contains dark humor. It contains adult situations & language, and some scenes of violence and sexual abuse. It can best be described as "edgy" and inspirational (The Apostle meets The Exorcist).

Principal photography for The Hymens Parable began in November of 1997, and officially ended in December of 1999, with a total of 22 shooting days. All of the filming took place in Minnesota; the majority of locations were in St. Paul. All crew members and actors are professionals working in the industry, working unpaid with 100% dedication to the project. There were over 35 locations and 19 principal characters (50 actors in all) --ambitious by any standard for a low-budget indie feature. The entire project was financed out of pocket by the producers, getting by with a favor here, a short-end of film there, and a whole lot of generosity and good will from many (and prayer!!!).

The Hymens Parable is as slick as many larger budget movies (see trailer), thanks to the talents of actors like Shane Barach (Amistad, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Lola Leshiem (Law & Order, Days of Our Lives) and Steven I. Schafer (Ally McBeal, Fargo). And because the film is independently produced, it can take on spiritual/religious themes usually considered taboo in Hollywood.

                                                    Home / Reviews / Synopsis / Stills-Trailer / Buy