Set in the Mississippi flatlands over the course of one damp and continually overcast December, art director-turned-filmmaker Lance Hammer's Sundance winning feature debut is a quiet, character-driven drama that displays an impressive control of the medium and his material. Shot on location with a cast of non-professionals, it's modest but haunting work of art.
In a small wooden house on a flat, wide-open stretch of the Mississippi Delta, Lawrence Baptiste (Michael J. Smith Jr.) sits in a near catatonic state, shocked into a stupor by a sudden tragedy: His twin brother, Darius, has taken an overdose of pills and now lies dead in the bedroom. After being rou...
Released:
2008
Rated:
NR
Length:
96 mins