Wyatt, a cynical narcoleptic who lives in a flop house-like apartment, wants to be a journalist. His career dreams are nearly dashed when he notices a mysterious girl named Fern living on his block in an 88' Toyota Tercel hatchback. Fern's father went missing and assumed dead when she was a young child living in Montana. After receiving a cryptic letter from a stranger named Dr. Green, telling her that her father is alive and living in LA, she decides to go look for him herself. Together the two set off on a journey to find Fern's elusive dad among the derelict corners of the city, while developing a not so platonic interest for each other along the way.
Acting
Bell's Fern—mysterious without being Manic Pixie bait
Production
That Tercel is practically a third lead
Writing
Narcolepsy as metaphor that actually lands
Director
Eric H. Sheffield
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Sheffield self-funded the film after his own 1980s Toyota died, hence the vehicular co-lead.
The film quietly inverts the 'manic pixie dream girl' trope—Fern has full interiority, Wyatt's the one needing rescue.
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