Completed - ENGLISH - Drama - 114 minutes
Year of production : 2022 Director(s) : Jamie DACK
Increasingly dissociated from lazy, drunken hangouts and perfunctory hookups with her immature peers, bored, aimless 17-year-old Lea is intrigued by older-man Tom after he rescues her following a reluctant dine-and-dash at a local diner. Initially wary (he’s twice her age!), Lea finds that Tom’s focused attention fills a deep, unspoken need, and Lea’s investment in their relationship quickly supplants her already tenuous ties to her distracted single mom and loose-knit friend group. But Tom’s initial patience and willingness to let Lea take the lead gradually gives way to a dynamic in which his awareness of the power he holds is distressingly clear.
Country(ies) : USA
Sundance Film Festival 2022 - U.S. Dramatic Competition (Directing Award)Busan IFF 2022 Flash Forward