A street-hardened kleptomaniac insinuates himself into the bosom of a clean-living Montana family with surprising results in writer-director Rebecca Painter's heartfelt third feature. To find his AWOL mother, 15-year-old drifter Jake (Danny Alexander) rides a freight train into a small Montana farming town, following the address in her last postcard, and heads to where he'll most likely find her — the local bordello. But mom's long gone and Jake, stranded in the middle of nowhere, immediately takes advantage of the fact that in a town like this no one bothers to lock their car doors. He's caught trying to boost a car stereo by the car's owner, Tucker (Hunter Par...
Released:
2005
Rated:
NR
Length:
95 mins