Evergreen

Writer-director Enid Zentelis' first feature revolves around a poverty-stricken teenager, Henri (Addie Land), living in the Pacific Northwest, whose first glimpse of how the other half lives kindles a desperate desire to distance herself from her impecunious roots. Henri's single mother, Kate (Cara Seymour), works hard, but she's an unskilled laborer and her minimum-wage salary isn't enough to make ends meet. When she can't pay the rent on their home, she and Henri are forced to move in with Kate's immigrant mother (Lynn Cohen), who lives in a dilapidated shack. The ceiling leaks and Henri and Kate sleep huddled together for warmth on the floor of the minuscule livin...