Daggett is a gritty, two-hundred-person community in the California desert. Mark and Tracy Staggs have spent their lives there, defiantly staking their will to survive against the hostile odds that say they won’t make it. With herculean effort they’ve raised their daughter, Cassie, there too, pouring all their energy and hope into preparing her for a future outside. When Mark receives a diagnosis of a terminal illness, he keeps this a secret from his daughter so he doesn’t spoil her plans to move to the city.
Presented at the FIDMarseille.
Way Out Ahead of Us
2022
14 years
87 min.
Fiction
USA
day by day, existential crisis, family drama, family, USA, death, parenthood, health
Colorido
Rob Rice
Rob Rice
Alexey Kurbatov
Rob Rice
Nikki DeParis, Tracy Staggs, Mark Staggs
Matt Porterfield, Rui Xu, Rob Rice, Mark Staggs
Hamilton Film Group
Colyn Cameron
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