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A FILM BY
PATRICK D. GREEN & EDD BLOTT

SYNOPSIS
​After moving to a small mountain community, a troubled writer entangles himself in a new neighbor’s abusive family situation.
​FEATURING
PATRICK D. GREEN
​MICHÈLE TREDGER
ERIC MARTIN REID
KELLY GODELL
LINDSAE KLEIN
RYLAN ANDREWS
BLAINE PALMER
LOWELL DEO
​MAGGIE McOMIE
RUNNING TIME
109 MINUTES

GENRE
DRAMA - THRILLER

CONTACT
BEAUIDEALMOVIE.COM
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IG: @BEAUIDEALMOVIE

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PRESS
"Beau Ideal - Filmmaker Interview," Sedona International Film Festival, February 24, 2026
"'Beau Ideal' to World Premiere as Official Selection of the Sedona International Film Festival," ​The Verde Independent, February 18, 2026
"Sedona Film Festival Unveils Lineup," Variety, January 27, 2026
"The Only Major Actors Still Alive From THX 1138," SlashFilm, May 12, 2024

SYNOPSIS

Jake and Rebecca escape to a tranquil mountain community, eager to start anew in their charming riverside home. However, their idyllic life is shaken when they meet their enigmatic neighbors, Dave, Michelle, and their son Cole.

As Jake grows increasingly convinced that Dave is abusing Cole, he wrestles with the moral dilemma of intervening, while Rebecca warns him against meddling in their neighbors’ lives. Torn between his instincts and his wife’s caution, Jake embarks on a harrowing journey that forces him to confront his own past and the lengths he will go to protect an innocent child. In this gripping tale of tension and unresolved trauma, the line between right and wrong becomes dangerously blurred.

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

How do we escape the socially prescribed role we’re indoctrinated into? How do we fight back against the brainwashing, the oppressive construct that we were born to fulfill a certain way of being in the world? Can we truly repel the labels and gender roles forced upon us within a society rooted in patriarchal thinking? How do we know what is us, truly us; and differentiate between what we are made to believe is us? How do we not lose ourselves completely? These are questions I’ve been asking myself for a while, and I don’t really have any answers. But I think the questioning is the important element. With Beau Ideal, I wanted to explore these questions by mixing a few different ingredients: my personal history with abuse and generational trauma, my 15 years working with Children’s Protective Services, and a dash of my love for 90s thrillers. I wanted to examine a character who believes himself to be perfect in many ways, the ideal modern man. A caring, sensitive man repulsed by patriarchal constructs and masculine definitions of the past. But also, someone attracted to some of those past ideals: the strong hero who doesn’t back down in the face of evil. How is one heroic? Is there a single way? What does it even mean to be a hero? Our protagonist, Jake, struggles with these questions, and they are brought to a head when his own past experiences get in the way of being that hero for a young, mistreated boy next door. The lens through which we see the world is just that - a lens. Our own personal lens created by our upbringing, the experiences we’ve had, and how we coped with those experiences. I hope that when people experience this film, they are left to ponder the questions. Maybe they can answer some for me.

CAST

MICHÈLE TREDGER
​IN THE ROLE OF REBECCA HUDSON

Michèle Tredger is a dynamic multilingual actor, singer, and voice-over artist hailing from Québec, Canada. She began her artistic journey appearing in the star-studded film Abandon featuring Katie Holmes, Zooey Deschanel, and Benjamin Bratt, as well as in the award-winning docudrama, Undying Love. Stemming from these impactful beginnings, Michèle’s career expanded to encompass notable TV appearances in Sweeter Than Chocolate, Odd Squad, Mayday, The Jon Dore Show, and Bury the Lead. She is also no stranger to the stage, having performed in productions such as Star Trek Live at The Kennedy Space Center, Closer, King David the Musical, and Richard III. Beyond acting, Michèle has produced, written, and guest-hosted for Bravo’s acclaimed series, The Actors, The Directors, and The Producers. Michèle is a graduate of McGill University and Randolph College for the Performing Arts.

​ERIC MARTIN REID
​IN THE ROLE OF DAVE RANKIN

Eric Martin Reid is a graduate of the Professional Actor’s Training Program at the Dell’Arte International School for Theatre and has studied Advanced Meisner with Actor’s Avenue Studio. His TV and film work has seen him play him opposite Kerri Russel, Selma Blair, Brendan Fraser and many other inspiring scene partners. Eric received critical acclaim for his performance at CoHo Theatre in the role of Watson in the Pulitzer Prize winning play The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence. His voice actor credits include audiobooks, national commercials and The National Soccer Hall of Fame. Eric is repped by The Option Agency and Innovative Artists in NY and LA.

​KELLY GODELL
​IN THE ROLE OF MICHELLE RANKIN

Kelly Godell is an actor based in the PNW and co-owner of production company, 12 Bridges. She has written and directed two feature films- one of which was the winner of the Piermont Film Festival and is best known for her work on NBC’s Grimm, TNT’s Leverage, and Crypt TV’s The Birch.

​RYLAN ANDREWS 
​IN THE ROLE OF COLE RANKIN

Rylan Andrews already has seven films under his belt.  One of the highlights of his career was working with Jenny Slate on a Tillamook Ice Cream commercial.  His training includes such fabulous teachers as Sandra Peabody, Brian Sutherland and Angie Tennant. In addition to being a straight “A” student, Rylan plays the marimba and trumpet and is a Wizard of Oz trivia master.

​MAGGIE McOMIE
​IN THE ROLE OF MARGARET CARVER

Maggie McOmie is an actress best known for her role as LUH in THX 1138, George Lucas’ 1971 pre-Star Wars film, in which she was the female lead opposite Robert Duvall.

​BLAINE PALMER
​IN THE ROLE OF WALTER CARVER

Blaine studied improv technique with members of Living Stage, The Committee, Second City, Upright Citizens Brigade and The Groundlings. He has worked opposite film stars Hayley Erin and Sonya Walger in New Life, Amanda Seyfried in Gone, and Reese Witherspoon in Wild. He played a very sketchy undertaker on NBC’s Grimm, along with appearances on Portlandia and Shrill. Some of Blaine’s favorite work has been playing offbeat characters in commercials with Wieden + Kennedy, directed by Mike Egan, Eric Fensler and Mike Warzin. Blaine worked as a morning news anchor for radio station KBOO for several years. He was on the air Monday morning, September 11, 2001. Blaine teaches workshops in improvisation technique.

LOWELL DEO
​IN THE ROLE OF TERRANCE JACOBS

Tackling Sheriff Terrance Jacobs in Beau Ideal was a wild ride for Lowell Deo. The role of the conflicted sheriff continues a string of meaty and challenging roles for Lowell who is fresh off The Way We Speak as well as portrayals of the misunderstood pigeon fancier in the upcoming film Little Wing; the ebullient interviewer in last summer’s Dreamin’ Wild; even the classically conflicted Dr. Livesey in a reimagined retelling of Treasure Island. Lowell’s stage turns have ranged from similarly pushed-to-the-edge characters: like the ‘Art Restorer’ in BAT Theatre’s reading of the Jason Odell Williams’ play Destroying David; ‘Kevin’ in Yussef El Guindi’s Language Rooms; to ‘James the Lesser’ in Gaydar Production’s staging of Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi. Lowell is proud to have gotten to play in the shadow world of Beau Ideal.

​LINDSAE KLEIN
​IN THE ROLE OF LORI CARVER

Theatrically trained with a BFA in acting, Lindsae has starred in several independent films, shorts and web-series. She won a Best Actor award at the Portland Independent Film Festival for her work in The Space Between Words.​

CREW

​PATRICK D. GREEN
IN THE ROLE OF JAKE CARVER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/WRITER/DIRECTOR

Patrick D. Green began acting in his early teens and was in many theatrical productions throughout school. After earning a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice with minors in both Psychology and Theatre, he worked as an Investigator for Child Protective Services in rural Texas. Fifteen years and many job positions within CPS later, Patrick returned to the theatre and began studying film acting as well. Soon thereafter, Patrick and his partner moved to the Pacific Northwest where he focuses primarily on film acting while also serving as full time faculty in medical simulation. He continues his acting studies at LA’s Crash Acting. Patrick has appeared on television in NBC’s Grimm as well as commercials for JEEP, Fred Meyer and Oculus; and in films such as Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow and the lead role in a remake of The Brain That Wouldn’t Die. He has won acting awards at film festivals and co-produced two feature films in which he had a lead role, Ian Fowler’s Crazy Right and Edd Blott’s Escaping Freedom. Beau Ideal is the first feature film starring, written, produced and directed by Patrick. His filmmaker style is influenced by the likes of David Lynch, Yorgos Lanthimos and Darren Aronofsky while mining deeply from his personal life, set in a genre of character-study-meets-thriller. Currently, Patrick is writing his follow-up feature screenplay, currently entitled ETA: N/A.

EDD BLOTT
PRODUCER/CO-DIRECTOR

For as long as he can remember, Edd Blott has loved telling stories. His grandfather, a painter, was instrumental in cultivating Edd’s passion for the arts. His focus on cinema began in high school when he first saw Jean Renoir’s Grand Illusion. A newly born cinephile at that moment, he began immersing himself in world cinema from all eras and experimenting on his own with whatever camera he could get his hands on. His other directing credits include the feature films Escaping Freedom and A Tale of Delight. Currently, Edd is developing his next project, the psychological thriller Phantom People.

MUSIC
​​ALEJANDRO VILLANUEVA MEDINA

CINEMATOGRAPHER-EDITOR
​​EDD BLOTT

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 
​AILEEN SHEEDY

​COSTUME DESIGNER ​​
​ERIN TOFT

SOUND MIXER 
​EVAN GANDY

SOUND DESIGNER 
​TROY MICHAEU

VISUAL EFFECTS​
​NATHANIEL AKIN

POSTER DESIGN
​MASON CHESLER

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
​PATRICK D. GREEN

PRODUCED BY
​LINDSAE KLEIN
​EDD BLOTT

WRITTEN BY
​PATRICK D. GREEN

DIRECTED BY
​PATRICK D. GREEN & EDD BLOTT

GALLERY