Chronicles two summer days in the life of a young recent family: Lena, 17, and Joe, 20, two recent and accidental parents residing in a diverse suburban neighborhood in northeast Baltimore City.
Acting
Non-professional cast brings devastating authenticity.
Cinematography
16mm warmth makes Baltimore suburbs feel like memory.
Direction
Porterfield's patient observation, zero judgment.
Director
Matthew Porterfield
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Porterfield cast mostly non-actors from his actual Baltimore neighborhood; Stephanie Vizzi was discovered at a local restaurant.
Part of the 'mumblecore' adjacent movement, though Porterfield rejected the label — this is working-class regional cinema, not Brooklyn irony.
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