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Grad-school-dropout Leigh spends seemingly endless days caring for her ill mother in her childhood home. A chance encounter with her ex, Cam, leads Leigh to make a last-minute decision to invite him on her solo camping trip. Falling into old patterns of familiarity is easy for the duo; what’s hard is facing deep-seated wounds between them that never healed. Between losing Cam's dog, tripping on mushrooms, drunken nights by the bonfire baring their souls, making up dumb songs, and jealous arguments, the "vacation" becomes a constant guessing game of whether or not the two will find themselves back together, or never speaking again.

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photo of Carol Brandt

Credits

Director:

Carol Brandt

Executive Producer:

Lisa Dietlin, Toni Chappell, Susan Mikulay, Susan Ballje

Producer:

Chris James Thompson, Suzanne Jurva

Screenwriter:

Meredith Johnston

Cinematographer:

Dana Shihadah

Editor:

Carol Brandt, Chris James Thompson

Music:

Warm Human, Rene Cruz, Will Van Boldrik

Principal Cast:

Meredith Johnston, Rene Cruz, Stacy Parish, Chelsea Norment, Jake Bradley, Lilliana Winkworth, Christina Seo

Additional Credits:

Sound Recordist: Ryan Meunier

Contact

Public Film Contact:

Carol Brandt
Shaky Balloon Productions
4carolbrandt@gmail.com
6083455679

Publicity Contact:

Sylvia Desrochers
sylvia@bigtime-pr.com
424-208-3496

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2018
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Runtime:
75:00 mins