It’s 1977 and ERWIN KREUZ is getting interviewed by a reporter about his newfound celebrity. The German tourist who got lost in America is clearly afraid to lose the spotlight he's just found. Pull back to see a film crew in the present, telling Erwin's story in a biopic. Follow a member of the crew, sound guy, ABE, as he wanders around at lunch, trying to connect to other crew members and talk about his glory days, when he was in a band and had a one hit wonder. Abe and Erwin are two minor guys connected across history by their feelings of having peaked.
The Coronado Island Film Festival (CIFF) welcomes makers and lovers of film from all over the world to the storied seaside village of Coronado, California to celebrate the magical art of visual storytelling. Coronado’s enduring love affair with Hollywood began more than a century ago.