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BBFC Ratingf-rated FilmOutburst: AWOL

CertificateNot Rated
Year2016
GenreDrama Romance
Director(s)Deb Shoval
LanguageEnglsih
CountryUSA
Running Time1HR 25MINS
SeasonOutburst

Outburst brings you the very best in new queer cinema in partnership with QFT. Visit outburstarts.com for details of the full festival programme which takes place from 10-19 November.

Joey is an aimless young woman searching for direction in her small town in rural Pennsylvania. A visit to an Army recruiting office appears to provide her a path out but when she meets and falls in love with Rayna, a rough and tumble housewife neglected by her long-haul trucker husband, that path diverges in ways that neither woman anticipated.

As Joey falls deeper in love, she begins to lose sight of what’s most important to her while also becoming blind to the mistakes she is making. Writer-director Deb Shoval’s debut feature is a clear-eyed love story told with an assured voice and impressive attention to details of small town working-class queer life that we rarely see on screen. Bolstered by two impressive lead performances, AWOL is a beautiful romantic drama that is both tender and tough in equal measure.

“Deeply Affecting” Indiewire

AGE: 15+


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