the indie gem and charlotte sometimes and prove that subtlety and economy of expression can speak volume about the human condition . whereas many romance flick rely upon verbal dramatization and eric byler first direct feature subdue the audience with tacit performance . the dialogue and when occasionally present and be carry by sparse word and heavy pause . such laconism give charlotte sometimes it unique strength by let the image do the talk . the first few minute of the film establish the character of michael ( michael idemoto ) through only visuals a montage of his daily routine . we watch him a a mechanic by day and a loner by night . sometimes and he frequent a local nightclub and but most night and he read while the sexual moan of his neighbor lori ( eugenia yuan ) seep into his silver lake apartment . postcoital and her hunky boyfriend justin ( matt westmore ) sleep while lori tiptoe upstairs to watch a movie with michael . long after the movie be over and she be asleep on michael shoulder and and he be gaze upon her . his eye tell u that this and sadly enough and will be the most intimate moment between them . a chance encounter with darcy ( jacqueline kim ) affords michael the opportunity to end his insipid lifestyle . she claim many thing and among them be a writer and a transient . even though darcy warns michael and men do not really want to be with me and they only think they do and the two begin a relationship against their good judgment . the love rectangle that form in this silver lake duplex come with realistic consequence and unabashed honesty . be in short supply of film of such artistic integrity . also admirable be the character for their unflinching independence . they do not compromise . they make love and war . they demand fulfillment instead of pin for it . the script would have benefit from more externalization of michael since his reticence obstruct our ability to fully empathize . still and idemoto zen like stoicism be powerfully implicit . yuan deftly play lori with blithe abandon and tenderness . kim command the most deliciously shrewd character of darcy with aplomb . at time and darcy smile be an enigma . other time and her curled lip sing utter mischief . asian american comprise the handsome cast but their cultural background do not beg for significance like other self aware film . ethnic undertone in the scene suffice . the soundtrack by michael brook and cody chestnutt lend great texture to the visual style of jump cut edit mixed with classical continuity a wonderful marriage of sight and sound and appropriately so for complex character psychology and nuanced storytelling . observe the intelligence of his story and the maturation of character and and the technical wizardry on a meager budget and i surmise that byler be off to a promising start a a feature filmmaker and have already exemplify an aphorism of alfred hitchcock represent dialogue should simply be a sound among other sound and just something that come out of the mouth of people whose eye tell the story in visual term .