ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

TRE was shot during a frenetic period when Eric Byler also directed the upcoming IFC Films release Americanese and the PBS pilot My Life Disoriented.  It was written by Kimberly-Rose Wolter and Byler as an unofficial sequel to Byler's 2003 debut: the Independent Spirit Award double nominee Charlotte Sometimes.

"TRE and Charlotte Sometimes both explore the contradictions of sexual desire," Byler said. "Sex as an act of aggression, an act of self-hatred, or simply a cure for loneliness. Both movies contain sex scenes depicting all three, and attempt to explain how and why people come to such moments.

Charlotte Sometimes was hailed by Roger Ebert as “mysterious and erotic…a relationship story that plays like a romantic thriller.”   Byler warns of his unofficial sequel, “We’re turning things up a notch here.  The characters are more aggressive and more confrontational in their psycho-sexual jousting.  We actually do cross into the thriller genre for a few agonizing moments toward the end of the film.”

Kimberly-Rose Wolter's supporting character from "Charlotte Sometimes" is the central character in TRE, while Charlotte Sometimes leads Michael Idemoto and Matt Westmore each make cameos.  Like Charlotte Sometimes, TRE features four central characters, two men and two women, each of whom have sexual designs on at least two of the others.  The two films share the same cinematographer (Rob Humphreys) and music composer Michael Brook, who also scored Byler’s Americanese, and Oscar Nominee An Inconvenient Truth.

Newcomer Daniel Cariaga stars opposite Wolter as the title character, with Alix Koramzay, Erik McDowell, and Teddy Chen Culver rounding out a stellar cast.  

TRE was produced and will be released theatrically by Cinema Libre Studios in co-production with Raising Cain.

Byler calls TRE the “darkest and most compelling” of his three "anti-romantic" features. "It's also the most likely to cause you to yell at the screen.”