Univers'l (1997)
97 min
No one's getting along at the Univers'l strip mall in So Central LA on April 29, 1992, the day the Rodney King verdicts come down. An African-American liquor store owner has a nervous crush on a Vietnamese manicurist. A rich Beverly Hills housewife who wants to help "you people" by building a womens' shelter has just had her Mercedes stolen. The Iranian dry cleaners have destroyed a dress, a group of Swedish equestrians is hopelessly lost, and Kong, the Korean landlord, is missing. With a relentless hyperkinetic visual energy and creeping sense of impending terror, UNIVERS'L captures one long day in a rundown mini-mall when the riots engulf the city.
- Release date
- October 5, 1997
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Denise Blasor as Maria
- Brad Fisher as Bob
- Avner Garbi as Yehuda
- Anna Karin
- Marshall Manesh
- A.R. Nicholas as Claire
- Ann Osmond as Annette
- Mimi Savage as Yolanda
- Agnete Strand as Swedish Equestrian
- A.J. Tannen as Avram
Crew
- A.R. Nicholas · Director
- A.R. Nicholas · Writer
- A.R. Mackenzie · Producer
- Reinhard Schreiner · Producer
- Greg Ives · Composer
- Dermott Downs · Cinematographer
- Dawn Hoggatt · Editor
- Steven Ernst · Production designer