Love for Rent (2005)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Shane Edelman

Writers:

Andrew Miles (written by)
Brian D. Young (story)

Release Date:

1 February 2008 (Panama)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Would you rent your body and soul for $50,000?

Plot:

Tells the story of Sofia (Angie Cepeda), a Colombian college student struggling with immigration issues in LA, who accepts a $50,000 offer to rent her body and soul and become a surrogate mother to a wealthy couple. |

Plot Keywords:

Surrogate Mother | College Student | Latina | Young Girl | Cousins Raised As Siblings

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Angie Cepeda	...	Sofia
Ken Marino	...	Dr. Neil Gardner
Martita Roca	...	Monica
Nora Dunn	...	Helen Bauman
Jim Piddock	...	Frank Bauman
Max Burkholder	...	Max
Brad Rowe	...	Jesse
Richard Speight Jr.	...	George
Hunter Johnson	...	Zoe
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lillian Adams	...	Mrs. Goldfarb
Rae Allen	...	Gwen
Ryan Armstrong	...	Ken
Lilli Birdsell	...	Chaney
Scott Burkholder	...	Principal Jones
Diana Castle	...	Dr. Langdon
Precious Chong	...	Binnie
Shane Edelman	...	Dennis (Restaurant Employer)
Matthew Fairchild	...	Brad
Robert Harvey	...	INS Agent (as Bob Harvey)
Jeanine Jackson	...	Wendy
Chane't Johnson	...	Cashier
Andy Milder	...	Paramedic
Meredith Morton	...	Shelly
Mitch Ryan	...	Doctor
Tony Sagastizado I	...	Paramedic
David Shackelford	...	Tony
Josh Stamberg	...	Paul
Jeanne Trepanier	...	Nurse Reynolds
Jack Wallace	...	Uncle Todd

Directed by
Shane Edelman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Andrew Miles		written by
Brian D. Young		story

Produced by
Alvaro Albarracin	....	executive producer
Jimmy Holcomb	....	line producer (as Jimmy Holcomb II)
Terence Michael	....	producer
Jose Santos	....	co-executive producer
David Schulz	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Jeff Cardoni

Cinematography by
David Rush Morrison

Film Editing by
Gabriel Wrye

Casting by
Abra Edelman
Meredith Morton

Production Design by
David Huang

Art Direction by
Stephen Noriega
Amy Lee Wheeler

Costume Design by
Heather Goodwin

Makeup Department
Wendy Boscon	....	hair stylist
Corinna Liebel	....	key makeup artist
Francie Paull	....	key makeup artist
Ally Williams	....	additional makeup artist

Production Management
Jimmy Holcomb	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steven Hacker	....	first assistant director
David Harari	....	additional second assistant director
Brandon Rafferty	....	second assistant director
Christopher Ruiz	....	second second assistant director
Vance A. Zanin	....	additional second assistant director

Art Department
Anne Addelsbergh	....	art department assistant
Ashley Baggins	....	art department assistant
Roger Beer	....	property master
Thaddeus Hallinan	....	property assistant
Asako Ogiwara	....	art department assistant
Asako Ogiwara	....	set dresser
Janine Pesce	....	art department assistant
Dave Preston	....	lead man
Janine Reyes	....	set dresser
Billy Sale	....	art department assistant
Billy Sale	....	set dresser
Georgia Schwab	....	on-set dresser

Sound Department
Willy Allen	....	supervising adr & dialogue editor
Lawrence Becktold	....	foley mixer (as Larry becktold)
Monette Becktold	....	foley artist
Christopher Briles	....	adr mixer
Christopher Briles	....	foley mixer
Christopher Briles	....	sound effects editor
Christopher Briles	....	sound re-recording mixer
Preston Connor	....	boom operator
Patrick Giraudi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Patrick Giraudi	....	supervising sound editor
Paul Graff	....	boom operator
Vicki Lemar	....	assistant sound editor
Ben Patrick	....	sound mixer
Sean Skinner	....	sound mixer

Visual Effects by
David Emerson	....	optical lineup
Allan Levine	....	visual effects supervisor
David McCue	....	optical supervisor (as Dave McCue)

Stunts
Chuck Borden	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Baio	....	grip
Eric S. Boland	....	gaffer
Brandi Borden	....	camera loader
Don Chong	....	key grip
John Doherty	....	assistant camera
Eric Forand	....	electrician
Owen Foye	....	electrician
Erik Gonzales	....	best boy electric
Hilario Gonzalez	....	electrician
Hans Haveron	....	grip
Chip Ingram	....	dolly grip
Dan Kanes	....	electrician
Daron Keet	....	first assistant camera
James Mann	....	electrician
Mike Marnasee	....	grip
Seth Orozco	....	camera loader
Joe Pier	....	still photographer
Kosta Rigopoulos	....	dolly grip
Paul Storino	....	grip
Nicole Tuergano	....	camera loader
Nicole Turegano	....	film loader
Isabella Vosmikova	....	still photographer
Dennis Wong	....	best boy grip
Jamie Young	....	grip

Casting Department
Chad Darnell	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sarah Fleming	....	assistant costume designer
Chelsey Hemstreet	....	wardrobe production assistant
Karen Levine	....	wardrobe production assistant
Cynthia Quiroga	....	wardrobe production assistant

Editorial Department
James Carter	....	color timer (as Jim Carter)
Steve Lemley	....	color timer
Brian J. Cavanaugh	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Alvaro Albarracin	....	executive music consultant
Danny Bracht	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Luis Arroyo	....	driver: honeywagon
Brad Biedenbach	....	driver: wardrobe trailer
Tracey V. Black	....	stakebed driver
Lance Cherniet	....	driver
Virgie Haltman	....	driver
Ken Kaplan	....	driver
Jason Lems	....	shotmaker driver
Eric Moon	....	transportation captain
Michael Perrotti	....	transportation coordinator
Juan Ramirez	....	driver: camera truck
Isidoro Vasquez	....	car driver

Other crew
Dan Baker	....	assistant craft service
Susan Bambara	....	script supervisor
Michael Cavaretta	....	assistant production coordinator
Eric Crush	....	location assistant
Melissa Elliott	....	title designer
Guy Flint	....	studio teacher
Joshua David Humphrey	....	on-set medic
Nicole Landers	....	unit publicist
Grace Lee	....	key set production assistant
Joe Lomba	....	production coordinator
Patty Macklin	....	studio teacher
Kathy Olazaba	....	craft service
Jesse Rivard	....	location manager
Carole Segal	....	location assistant
Ron Segro	....	post-production accountant
Ron Segro	....	production accountant
Anthony Steinhart	....	additional set production assistant
Jeanne Trepanier	....	assistant: Terence Michael

Production Companies

• MiamiLA Entertainment

Distributors

• MiamiLA Entertainment

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• InkTip  screenplay facilitation
• Virtualmix  sound post-production

Also Known As:

Amor en alquiler (USA: Spanish title)
Le choix de Sofia (France) (TV title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for language including some sexual references.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA | Colombia

Language:

Spanish | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

MiamiLA Entertainment

Trivia:

Director Cameo: [Shane Edelman]the restaurant employer.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Sofia: I don't think I can give him up.

Movie Connections:

References The Exorcist (1973)

Soundtrack:

Gracias A Ti

This is a very sweet little movie.

After reading such a harsh review of Love For Rent in the Miami Herald, I just had to see what stirred up such emotion in their critic, especially since I read a terrific review in the LA Times.

Angie Cepeda, plays Sofia, a Colombian native struggling to keep alive her dream of becoming a lawyer in America (finally a Latina in a film not depicted as a cleaning lady). She is so driven in her goals that when she gets an A- minus in law class, she is disappointed. After getting robbed of everything and it looks as though there's no choice but to give up and go back to Columbia, she is offered money to carry a childless couple's baby. She becomes a surrogate mother. But this movie is about much more than that. It's about the powerful mother-child connection whether genetically bonded or not. This theme runs throughout the movie involving most of the characters and their own maternal connections.

The entire audience cheered at the end. Perhaps, they too, were curious at what brought so much fury to the Herald's critic.