A 21-minute gut punch about a kid who learns home isn't a place you find.
A young boy named Linney runs away from his Grandma's house in a search to find his mom.
Acting
Nathan Gamble's heartbreaking restraint as Linney.
Direction
Klar's patient, unsentimental gaze at childhood pain.
Director
Kevin Klar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Kevin Klar made this as his USC graduate thesis—shot entirely in rural Oregon where he grew up.
The gas station sequence mirrors similar 'search for parent' scenes in classic American cinema, but strips away any romanticism.
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