Drama about a young Dane who has traveled to America to find the father he can hardly remember. In New Mexico he gets to know the daughter of a political-religious fanatic who runs a "survival school". The young Dane is interested in the girl and admits to school. Later, however, there will be a violent showdown with the fanatic. But was this man, in fact, his father?
Acting
Patricia Arquette's early, raw energy as cult daughter Lucy.
Direction
Carlsen's outsider gaze on American survivalist paranoia.
Director
Jon Bang Carlsen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Patricia Arquette's second film role, shot when she was just 19, before her breakthrough in 'True Romance.'
The 'survival school' satirizes the real 1980s militia movement that would later inspire the Ruby Ridge and Waco standoffs.
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