Small-town secrets burn hotter than the summer heat in this forgotten '90s gem.
In an economically struggling small town, Jenny, a young married woman, begins an affair with June, her college-bound, African-American neighbor.
Acting
Sohn's magnetic presence before The Wire fame.
Direction
Reichman's unflinching gaze at working-class intimacy.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like real people stumbling.
Director
Rachel Reichman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Reichman's actual hometown of Bennington, Vermont, using local non-actors alongside professionals. The economic decay is documentary-real.
This was Sonja Sohn's first major film role—she'd spend the next decade as Detective Kima Greggs, making her pre-fame vulnerability here almost haunting to revisit.
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