A young girl and her brother are awoken by their father and loaded into the car on an early morning in 2008. As they road trip across the American West, she discovers the truth about their seemingly spontaneous journey.
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Grave, earnest, contemplative and prestige.
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- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
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- The Fixate & Binge Podcast, w/ Joe Curdyon TMDB · Jul 20269/10
Because of **AFTERSUN**, I thought I was more than prepared to watch a film about a struggling, single father *in extremis*. I could not have been more wrong. In his feature film directorial debut, director Cole Webley’s **OMAHA**, written by Robert Machoian, is a slow and bittersweet story told on the road, as a single father—played with tremendous emotional restraint and nuance by John Magaro of **PAST LIVES**—walks out of his home with his two young children, their dog, and sets off on a seemingly spontaneous road trip to Nebraska. His children include 10-year-old Ella (Molly Belle Wright) and six-year-old Charlie (played by newcomer Wyatt Solis). As the father’s diminished amenities for the trip begin to reveal themselves to the children, the weight of what Magaro’s father is carrying on the road comes into greater focus. Your heart will break because of his decision, and the genuine performances from the children, Belle Wright and Solis, will have you reaching for the tissue box over and over again. Few films succeed in capturing the crucible single fathers face while raising young children in extenuating circumstances, in an America that all too often feels cold and unfeeling
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When a film struggles to prematurely avoid playing spoiler, it can be quite an arduous task for a filmmaker to pull off successfully. Fortunately, there are times when directors achieve this accomplishment brilliantly. At the same time, however, there are occasions when keeping a lid on important revelations can be so challenging that a film ends up becoming cryptic or needlessly enigmatic, leaving viewers feeling like they’ve been unduly strung along. And that’s one outcome to which filmmaker Cole Webley comes perilously close to fulfilling in his otherwise-engrossing debut feature. In 2008, at the height of the nation’s economic crisis, a financially strapped single father (John Magaro) faces foreclosure on his Utah home. With his back against the wall, he decides early one morning to hurriedly pack up his family – nine-year-old Ella (Molly Belle Wright), six-year-old Charlie (Wyatt Solis) and the family dog, Rex – and head out on a road trip to an undisclosed destination. Needless to say, the children are perplexed by the hasty, unexpected move, so, when they press Dad about it, he curtly tells them that they’re travelling to Nebraska, without any further elaboration. Saying muc
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Cast
- John MagaroDad
- Molly Belle WrightElla
- Wyatt SolisCharlie
- Talia BalsamEdie
- Rachel AligSheriff
- Max CarpenterIan
- Lisa CarswellElizabeth
- Janelle ForeJesse
- Ally WrightSPCA Lady
- Ketrick "Jazz" CopelandHenry
Crew
- Cole WebleyDirector
- Robert MachoianWriter
- Paul Meyers, ASCDirector of Photography
- Christopher BearOriginal Music Composer
- Jai ShuklaEditor
- Preston LeeProducer
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