An aging widower and a duck encounter helpful and hostile characters as they search for a place and a reason to live.
Acting
Philip Baker Hall's fragile, furious final leading role.
Direction
Bettauer turns Los Angeles into a dystopian dreamscape.
Practical Effects
Real duck. Real chemistry. Zero CGI nonsense.
Director
Nicole Bettauer
Philip Baker Hall
Arthur Pratt
Bill Brochtrup
Leopold
Amy Hill
Pedicurist
Noel Gugliemi
Lord of the Garbage
Larry Cedar
Mr. Janney
French Stewart
Jumper
Bill Cobbs
Norman
Starletta DuPois
Social Worker
Gary Kasper
Machine Boss
Carol Mansell
Frances Pratt
Buckley Sampson
Young Frances
Jim Thalman
Young Arthur
Johnny Hawkes
Daniel at 18
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The duck was originally supposed to be a chicken, but chickens panic on camera. This duck? A natural.
Bettauer shot guerrilla-style across actual L.A. homeless encampments, blurring documentary and fiction in ways that make the city itself the villain.
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