Squatters (film)

Squatters is a 2014 American direct-to-video independent drama film directed by Martin Weisz and starring Gabriella Wilde,^[1] Thomas Dekker,^[2] Richard Dreyfuss,^[3] and Luke Grimes.^[4]

Squatters
Directed by	Martin Weisz
Written by	Justin Shilton
Produced by	Cordula Betz Todd Moyer Julius R. Nasso Martin Weisz
Starring	Gabriella Wilde Thomas Dekker Richard Dreyfuss Luke Grimes
Cinematography	Harold Skinner
Edited by	Carsten Kurpanek
Music by	Mario Grigorov
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release date	May 13, 2014 (2014-05-13)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Premise

Two runway foster kids, Jonas and Kelly, raised as siblings live homeless in Venice Beach and begin squatting in a mansion in the Pacific Palisades when Jonas overhears Evelyn revealing door access codes to a nanny before leaving on vacation. They take advantage of the situation, trying to sell items to British gangster Ronald but have to bolt when the homeowners return from vacation early. Kelly begins a relationship with the unsuspecting couple's son, Michael, who she meets by chance in an Americana theater that screens looping Charlie Chaplin films. Michael and his parents are guilt stricken over the loss of the daughter, Stephanie who died from a drug overdose, and they allow Kelly into the house, fostering the relationship oblivious that she's the original intruder. Ronald threatens Jonas' life over failure to deliver a promised vehicle so he visits the house, confronts Michael's father for the keys and takes Kelly away to Ronald's house, where Kelly calls the police clandestinely. When police arrive, they engage Ronald and an accomplice in a firefight; both are fatally shot, but not before Ronald brutally beats Kelly. Kelly then goes to jail and Michael later welcomes her back.

Cast

• Gabriella Wilde as Kelly
• Thomas Dekker as Jonas
• Richard Dreyfuss as David
• Lolita Davidovich as Evelyn
• Luke Grimes as Michael
• Gia Mantegna as Stephanie
• Andrew Howard as Ronald
• Evan Ross as AJ
• Nancy Travis as Carol

Score

Songs used in film but not included in the soundtrack:

1. Shadows – Quiet Corral
2. Like Fireflies – Paul Wolinski
3. Perfect Bodies – Patrick Krief
4. Vapour – Vancouver Sleep Clinic
5. Jazzy Marcus – Mario Grigorov
6. Territories – Crypts
7. New York – Le Butcherettes
8. Too Dark – Pondus
9. Here to Stay – Angela Ricci
10. Kettering – The Antlers
11. Knut – The Unwinding Hours
12. New Lipstick – The Kissaway Trail