The Architect
- IMDb link: 0466665
- IMDb rating: 5.5 (1,485 votes)
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance
- Director: Isabella Rossellini, Matt Tauber
- Cast: Viola Davis, Anthony LaPaglia, Hayden Panettiere and others
- Release date: 26 Apr 2006
- Release year: 2006
- Runtime: 82 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: architect, bathing suit, unhappy marriage, suicide, college, truck driver, teenager, teenage daughter, activist, attempted seduction
Plot:
Architect Leo Waters' marriage is in trouble, his wife Julia unhappy. Their son Martin drops out of college; he's home, adrift and out of sorts with Leo. Daughter Christina has entered her mid-teens with a new body and new feelings. Enter Tonya Neely, a community organizer who lives in high-rise public housing Leo designed years' before. The residents want the projects razed; she comes to Leo asking him to sign her petition. He's put off; Julia supports Tonya. Martin goes to see for himself and begins a friendship with homo-erotic potential. In the meantime, Christina puts herself at risk seeking affirmation. High pitched emotions and high-rise apartments: what will collapse first?