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Young vagabond Lu lives in a van and is fiercely independent in her hand-to-mouth existence. This daily struggle has become tiresome for her privileged boyfriend, Nico, who unceremoniously leaves her one night. When a chance encounter incites her to impulsively “rescue” a baby from a negligent mother, Lu, at a loss for what to do, turns to the only responsible adult she knows: Nico’s unsmiling academic mother, Margo, who believes she’s the child’s grandmother. Thrown together despite differences in class and worldview, Margo and Lu make a lovable, if tense, odd couple. The two are bound to each other as they tentatively form a haphazard family, though Margo has no idea that the police are hot on Lu’s trail for absconding with a child.
In the winsome lead performances, Ellen Page plays the scrappy, free-spirited Lu while Allison Janney’s Margo is equal parts measured and bemused as their characters wrestle, and often clash, over responsibility, motherhood, and their uncertain futures. Writer/director Sian Heder combines warmth, madcap humor, and a deep understanding of human nature in this delightful dramatic comedy about the serendipitous unpredictability of life.
YEAR 2015
SECTION U.S. Dramatic
COUNTRY U.S.A.
RUN TIME 111 min
COMPANY Route One
WEBSITE http://www.routeoneent.com
EMAIL sdilley@routeonefilms.com
PHONE (424) 274-4360
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Sian Heder was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and currently resides in Los Angeles. She's a writer and producer for the acclaimed Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, for which she received three WGA Award nominations. Her short film, Mother, received top honors at Cannes, the Seattle International Film Festival, and the Florida Film Festival, while playing in over 40 festivals worldwide. Her debut feature, Tallulah, stars Ellen Page and Allison Janney.