''Bringing Rain'' is a 2003

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written and directed by

Noah Buschel Noah Buschel (born 1978) is an American film director and screenwriter. Early life Buschel was born in Philadelphia and grew up in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Career Buschel's first film, ''Bringing Rain'', p ...

. It premiered at the 2003

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and was released on DVD on September 20, 2005. It won first prize at the

Rhode Island International Film Festival Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) takes place every year in Providence and Newport, Rhode Island as well as satellite locations throughout the state. Started in 1997, the Festival is produced by Flickers, the Newpor ...

for directorial debut.

Plot

A car accident involving

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

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Cast

Adrian Grenier Adrian Sean Grenier (born July 10, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Vincent Chase in the television series '' Entourage'' (2004–2011). He has appeared in films such as '' Drive Me Crazy'' (1999), '' The Devil ...

as Clay Askins *

Niesha Butler Niesha Alice Butler is an American basketball player, actress, and entrepreneur, of Aruban and Puerto Rican descent, best known as a member of the New York Liberty, sideline reporter for the Atlanta Hawks, and founder of Ballin Technologies. She ...

as Neisha Sanders *

Merritt Wever Merritt Carmen Wever (born August 11, 1980) is an American actress. She had roles in the Showtime television series '' Nurse Jackie'' (2009–2015), ''The Walking Dead'' (2015–2016), '' Godless'' (2017), '' Welcome to Marwen'' (2018), '' Unb ...

as Monica Greenfield *

Paz de la Huerta María de la Paz Elizabeth Sofía Adriana de la Huerta y Bruce (born September 3, 1984), known professionally as Paz de la Huerta (), is an American actress, model, and painter. She began her career as a teenage model before appearing in suppor ...

as Dakota Cunningham * Ryan Donowho as Atlee Surnamer *

Larisa Oleynik Larisa Romanovna Oleynik (; born June 7, 1981) is an American actress. Oleynik began her career as a child actor, first appearing onstage as young Cosette in a national touring production of ''Les Misérables'' (1989–1991). She was subseque ...

as Ori Swords *

Noah Fleiss Noah Fleiss (born April 16, 1984) is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, making his film debut as the eponymous Sam Whitney in '' Josh and S.A.M.'' (1993). Subsequently, he played the title character in '' Joe the King'' (199 ...

as Marcus Swords * Rodrigo Lopresti as Reb Babbitt *

Ray Santiago Raymond Santiago (born June 15, 1984 in South Bronx, New York) is an American actor of Puerto Rican descent. Early life Santiago graduated in 2002 from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for the Arts in New York City. Career Raymond Santiago p ...

as John Bell *

Alexis Dziena Alexis Dziena is an American actress. Early life Dziena grew up in New York City and is of Irish, Italian and Polish descent. Career Television Dziena made her acting debut in TNT's '' Witchblade'' (2002). Guest roles followed in other ...

as Lysee Key *

Olek Krupa Aleksander Krupa (born 18 March 1947), often credited as Olek Krupa, is a Polish-American actor, active in film and television roles and best known for playing villains and/or criminals, such as in ''Eraser'', '' Blue Streak'', '' Home Alone 3'' ...

as Headmaster Gula *

Val Emmich Val Matthew Emmich ( ; born 1979) is an American writer, singer-songwriter, and actor. He has had roles on HBO's ''Vinyl (TV series), Vinyl'', NBC's ''30 Rock'', Showtime (TV network), Showtime's ''The Big C (TV series), The Big C'', and America ...

as Prentiss Bergen *

Nathalie Paulding Nathalie Nicole Paulding(born May 17, 1985) is an American 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 ...

as Mu

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