A man is released from prison after 15 years. He reunites with his high school girlfriend, now a single mother of three. What follows is a lyrical take on love, regret and second chances.
Acting
Jena Malone's ferocious tenderness — she carries entire histories in a glance.
Cinematography
Magic hour worship that makes Oregon trailer parks look like Renaissance paintings.
Writing
Dialogue that sounds like how people actually talk when they're trying not to cry.
Director
Sabrina Doyle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sabrina Doyle's feature debut took seven years to finance; she worked as Werner Herzog's assistant to fund it.
The children's color names aren't quirky whimsy — Doyle intended them as markers of how working-class aesthetics get dismissed as kitsch when they're actually survival creativity.
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