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90 Mins | 2024 | United States | Director: India Donaldson | Feature | Fiction | Feature Fiction Competition | World CinemaOn a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend.
17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) embarks on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her dad, Chris (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend, Matt (Danny McCarthy). Against the backdrop of the lush beauty of upstate New York, Sam struggles with her dad’s emotional limitations and slowly becomes disillusioned with her relationship with the two men.
What was meant to be a bonding trip between two fathers and their first-borns, soon dissolves into Sam mediating the duelling egos and grievances of the two men when Matt’s son bails on the trip at the last minute. After a line is crossed, Sam’s perception of the trip shifts as she begins to break free from her role as the ‘good one’ in the family.
India Donaldson’s thoughtful debut is a quietly confident portrait of the universal moment when the parental bond is forever broken, while Collias’ breakthrough performance captures teenage girlhood in subtle expressions and things left unsaid.
17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) embarks on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her dad, Chris (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend, Matt (Danny McCarthy). Against the backdrop of the lush beauty of upstate New York, Sam struggles with her dad’s emotional limitations and slowly becomes disillusioned with her relationship with the two men.
What was meant to be a bonding trip between two fathers and their first-borns, soon dissolves into Sam mediating the duelling egos and grievances of the two men when Matt’s son bails on the trip at the last minute. After a line is crossed, Sam’s perception of the trip shifts as she begins to break free from her role as the ‘good one’ in the family.
India Donaldson’s thoughtful debut is a quietly confident portrait of the universal moment when the parental bond is forever broken, while Collias’ breakthrough performance captures teenage girlhood in subtle expressions and things left unsaid.
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