The available reference identifies a drama centered on abandonment, guilt, addiction, and psychological pain, but does not provide a detailed narrative synopsis.
Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases
A Drama of Psychological Pain
The available reference identifies the film as an American drama. Its stated themes are abandonment, guilt, addiction, and psychological pain, but it does not provide scene-by-scene story events.
Key Events
Themes of Abandonment and Pain — The reference describes the film as a drama about abandonment, guilt, addiction, and psychological pain.
Location: Not specified
Zepher Genesee Listed as Protagonist — Zepher Genesee is identified in the character information as the protagonist. Characters: Zepher GeneseeLocation: Not specified
The Two Identified Characters
Zepher Genesee is listed as the protagonist, while Isabella Triebel is listed as a supporting character. The reference does not specify their actions or relationship.
Key Events
Zepher Genesee Listed as Protagonist — Zepher Genesee is identified in the character information as the protagonist. Characters: Zepher GeneseeLocation: Not specified
Isabella Triebel Listed as Supporting — Isabella Triebel is identified in the character information as a supporting character. Characters: Isabella TriebelLocation: Not specified
Los Angeles Production — The film was shot in Los Angeles from June 4 to June 22, 2005.
Location: Los Angeles
Los Angeles Production
The production took place in Los Angeles between June 4 and June 22, 2005. This production information does not establish an in-story location or event.
Key Events
Los Angeles Production — The film was shot in Los Angeles from June 4 to June 22, 2005.
Location: Los Angeles
Whistler Festival Premiere — The film had its world premiere at the Whistler Film Festival on December 1, 2006.
Location: Whistler Film Festival, Canada
Festival Recognition
The film premiered at the Whistler Film Festival in 2006 and later received recognition at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival. These facts describe the film's release history rather than its plot resolution.
Key Events
Independent Film Awards — The film received awards for directorial debut and arthouse feature, while Kristanna Loken received a supporting-actress award. Characters: Zepher GeneseeLocation: New York International Independent Film & Video Festival
Story Breakdown
Abandonment Theme — Abandonment is explicitly named as one of the film's central themes.
Stated Core Theme — The reference directly lists abandonment among the film's subjects.
Undetailed Consequences — The reference does not specify the characters or events through which abandonment is portrayed.
Guilt Theme — Guilt is identified as another major subject of the drama.
Moral Burden — The source names guilt but gives no specific cause or character action.
Missing Plot Detail — No detailed guilt-related scene is provided in the reference.
Addiction Theme — Addiction is explicitly included in the film's thematic description.
Stated Addiction Focus — The source identifies addiction as part of the film's subject matter.
Unspecified Struggle — The available text does not identify a specific addiction, episode, or resolution.
Psychological Pain — Psychological pain is presented as a defining emotional concern.
Emotional Distress — The reference directly describes the film as addressing psychological pain.
No Detailed Arc — The source does not provide a progression or outcome for this pain.
Character Focus — The character information identifies Zepher Genesee as the protagonist and Isabella Triebel as supporting.
Zepher Protagonist — Zepher Genesee is explicitly classified as the protagonist.
Isabella Supporting — Isabella Triebel is explicitly classified as a supporting character.
Release History — The reference records the film's production location, world premiere, and later festival recognition.
Los Angeles Filming — Filming occurred in Los Angeles from June 4 to June 22, 2005.
Festival Recognition — The film premiered at Whistler and later received awards in New York.
LIME SALTED LOVE is a minimalist, surreal examination of abandonment, guilt, abuse and psychic pain set in this minute's hipster enclaves of Los Angeles. The film, told in rippling flashbacks from its four main characters, drains out of the eyes of the institutionally confined, David Triebel, his guilt-ridden younger brother, Chase, Ellie, his emotionally damaged girlfriend, and Zephyr, the sexual provocateur. In the visual narrative tradition of David Lynch the film depicts the tale of three bonded brothers broken by the accidental death of one and the residual guilt draping the remaining two The film examines how damaged people are hurt even more by their own willful ways. Sometimes it is the smallest things we do to others that destroys them...
