In rural Iowa, a grocery cashier watches helplessly as classmates conceal their act of sexual violence against his teenaged step-sister. A hustler tricks for food, shelter, and intimacy during a winter in New York City. Mortality compels a father to leave his home in Los Angeles and move in with his daughter. Jonah Greenstein's gorgeously shot feature debut laces loneliness with beauty to create a film of startling cinematic intimacy.
Cinematography
Iowa cornfields and NYC winter light shot like sacred spaces.
Direction
Greenstein's debut balances three stories with surgical restraint.
Director
Jonah Greenstein
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Greenstein shot the Iowa segment in his actual hometown, casting local non-actors alongside professionals like Thomas Jay Ryan.
Released into a festival circuit hungry for 'elevated horror,' this unflinching drama about male vulnerability and rural American decay found its audience slowly—much like its characters.
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