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Release
Date: |
09/08/2006
- NY/LA |
Run
Time: |
1
hr. 36 min. |
MPAA
Rating: |
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| (NR) |
Genre: |
Drama |
Starring: |
Maggie
Gyllenhaal, Brad Henke, Bridget Barkan, Ryan Simpkins, Giancarlo
Esposito |
Director(s): |
Laurie
Collyer |
Producer(s): |
Melissa
Marr, Lemore Syvan, Marc Turtletaub |
Writer(s): |
Laurie
Collyer |
Studio: |
IFC |
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| Synopsis |
| Three years after entering
prison for robbery as a 19-year-old heroin addict, Sherry Swanson
begins her first day of freedom, clean and sober. A model prisoner
who has undergone personal transformation, she immediately sets out
to regain custody of her young daughter Alexis, who has been cared
for in her absence by her brother Bobby and his wife Lynn. Unprepared
for the demands of the world she's stepped back into, Sherry's hopes
of staying clean, getting a job, and becoming a responsible mother
are challenged by the realities of unemployment, halfway houses, and
parole restrictions. Bobby and Lynn's concerns about Sherry's ability
to care for Alexis, and her inability to prove them wrong, threaten
to destroy the already delicate relationship she has with her daughter,
as well as her newfound sobriety. Disillusioned and haunted by wounds
from her childhood, Sherry is eventually confronted with life-altering
questions about her own survival and what it means to be a good mother.
Ultimately she learns that as the harsh realities of life often get
in the way of her best intentions, sometimes it's best to take life
one small step at a time. |
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