Talented up-and-comers Nicole Boucher and Brianna Buckley welcome you to ‘Winter Hill.’

By Michelle Cooper

Growing up is tough on everyone, especially for young women. Movies always seem to portray young men growing up in the city and in a working class environment. However, Melissa Bruno, a well-rounded writer and film artist, feels that there is not much material on growing up as a young female in this setting.

Melissa, who attends school at San Francisco State University, was presented with a thesis project to make a film. She took this opportunity to develop a film called Winter Hill, telling the story of two young working class females in the mid 90’s, dealing with the struggles of trying to maintain a friendship while growing up.

The movie, filmed in Somerville, is about 20 minutes long and stars Nicole Boucher and Brianna Buckley. “Both girls are extremely talented and I can’t wait to see what they do in the future.” Melissa says. She was extremely impressed with how cooperative everyone in the area was to her and her production crew. “Everyone was as nice as can be and was more than welcome to help out.” Melissa is wrapping up post-production, and plans to have a screening in Somerville in December of this year.

Bruno has a webpage that explains more about the film and her accomplishments and there is also a link where anyone who is interested can donate to help the film costs: http://dresstokillfilms.com, http://www.youtube.com/user/melisssssssa