A teen landlady, her little brother, and three broken soldiers walk into a bar... called life.
Homeless veterans find family as they rent rooms from an eighteen-year-old girl struggling to support her thirteen-year-old brother while discovering her voice in Americana music.
Acting
Cyrus Zoghi's quietly devastating veteran performance.
Writing
Avoids poverty-porn, finds dignity in struggle.
Score
Original Americana that actually earns its emotional moments.
Director
David Mueller
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in actual Oildale, California, a Kern County community with one of America's highest veteran homelessness rates.
The film quietly mirrors real 'veteran village' models where former soldiers mutual-aid each other outside government systems.
US
