

The lives of two strangers - a struggling mother and a gambling addict - meet in tragedy. Years pass, and they must come to terms with themselves, and one another.
Acting
Renner's pre-stardom vulnerability; Driver's controlled collapse.
Writing
Nonlinear structure that earns its emotional arithmetic.
Direction
Oliver's patient restraint lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Charles Oliver
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 18 days on a shoestring budget; Renner took the role before The Hurt Locker made him a household name.
The film's restorative justice themes predate popular true-crime narratives about victim-offender dialogue by nearly a decade.