After a tragic accident caused by the truck of the middle-aged Carl Lee where a woman dies with a crushed stern, he is arrested and sent to the county jail. His son PJ, who works washing dishes and cleaning tables in a restaurant, feels lost, without financial support to keep his father's house, and is fired from his job and evicted from his house.
Acting
John Heard's crumbling dignity in a jail cell.
Cinematography
Steel mill haze that never lets you forget where you are.
Director
Brian Jun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brian Jun shot this in his actual hometown of Granite City, Illinois, using real steelworkers as extras.
The film premiered at Sundance the same year as 'Little Miss Sunshine' — two radically different portraits of American family collapse.
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