Bringing Rain is a 2003 independent film

Independent film

An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...

 written and directed by Noah Buschel

Noah Buschel

Noah Buschel was born May 31, 1978 in Philadelphia and grew up in Greenwich Village.Nominated for Breakthrough Director Gotham Award for The Missing Person .*Writer/Director of Bringing Rain starring Adrian Grenier and Paz de la Huerta...

. It premiered on May 10, 2003 at the Tribeca Film Festival

Tribeca Film Festival

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 and was released on DVD on September 20, 2005. It won first prize at the Rhode Island International Film Festival

Rhode Island International Film Festival

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 for directorial debut.

Plot

The film deals with how a car accident involving baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 star Clay Askins (Grenier) and his swimmer girlfriend Neisha Sanders (Butler) indirectly affects the lives of a small group of students living at a New Jersey

New Jersey

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 boarding school

Boarding school

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.

Cast

• Adrian Grenier
  Adrian Grenier
  Adrian Grenier is an American actor, musician and director. He is best known for his lead role on the HBO original series, Entourage, as Vincent Chase.-Early life:...
  
   as Clay Askins
• Niesha Butler
  Niesha Butler
  Niesha Butler is a basketball player and actress, often featured in films related to sport.-Early sports career:She was the all time leader for New York high schools in career points scored—for men or women—in basketball. Scored 3,127 points in High School, with a 28 points per game average...
  
   as Neisha Sanders
• Merritt Wever
  Merritt Wever
  -Early life:She graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, and then Sarah Lawrence College. She trained in acting in New York and has appeared in Brooke Berman's play, Smashing and in Cavedweller with Deidre O'Connell, both Off Broadway.-Career:...
  
   as Monica Greenfield
• Paz de la Huerta
  Paz de la Huerta
  María de la Paz Elizabeth Sofía Adriana de la Huerta , better known by her professional name Paz de la Huerta, is an American actress and model...
  
   as Dakota Cunningham
• Ryan Donowho
  Ryan Donowho
  Ryan Wayne Donowho is an American actor and musician.-Early life:Born in Houston, Texas, Donowho moved to Brooklyn, New York and then to Los Angeles. He was a street musician in New York City as "bucket" drummer...
  
   as Atlee Surnamer
• Larisa Oleynik
  Larisa Oleynik
  Larisa Romanovna Oleynik is an American actress. She came to fame in the mid-1990s, after starring in the title role of the popular television series, The Secret World of Alex Mack, and has also appeared in theatrical films, including The Baby-Sitters Club and 10 Things I Hate About You...
  
   as Ori Swords
• Rodrigo Lopresti
  Rodrigo Lopresti
  Rodrigo Lopresti is an American actor, musician and movie director who lives in Brooklyn, New York.-Personal life:...
  
   as Reb Babbitt
• Ray Santiago
  Ray Santiago
  Raimundo "Ray" Santiago is an American actor. He played Jorge Villalobos in the film Meet the Fockers , and had minor roles in 2005's Dirty Deeds and 2006's Accepted...
  
   as John Bell
• Alexis Dziena
  Alexis Dziena
  -Early life :Dziena was born in New York City of Irish, Italian and Polish descent. She attended the private Saint Ann's School alongside her Bringing Rain costar, Paz de la Huerta. She spent many of her summers growing up in the small South Jersey shore town of Sea Isle City...
  
   as Lysee Key
• Olek Krupa
  Olek Krupa
  Aleksander Krupa , often credited as Olek Krupa, is a Polish actor best known for playing villains and/or criminals, such as in Blue Streak and Home Alone 3...
  
   as Headmaster Gula
• Val Emmich
  Val Emmich
  Val Matthew Emmich is a pop rock singer-songwriter and actor from New Jersey. In 2001 he became the first unsigned artist to be featured on MTV's Total Request Live. As an actor he has appeared in such television shows as 30 Rock and Ugly Betty.-Early life:Emmich was born in Manalapan Township,...
  
   as Prentiss Bergen
• Nathalie Paulding
  Nathalie Paulding
  Nathalie Nicole Paulding is an actress; she has performed in American theatre, film, and television.-Early life:Living in Hollywood, Florida, in 1994, Paulding was enrolled in the Little Flower Montessori School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at age 9.-Career:Paulding has made several appearances in...
  
  as Mu