El Camino

Running time: 87 mins

For an unlikely trio of cross-country companions, there are endless possibilities beyond the next horizon.

A quiet and powerful tale of disconnectedness, human frailty and redemption, El Camino often tickles the funny bone as much as it touches the heart. Elliot (Leo Fitzpatrick, The Wire) hasn?t seen Matthew since they were foster kids in Washington, D.C. and now his childhood friend is dying. There?s nothing Elliot can do except record Matthew?s final farewell with the video camera he always carries. At the funeral he meets Lily (Elizabeth Moss, The West Wing), Matthew?s former girlfriend, and Gray (Christopher Denham, Charlie Wilson's War), a self-absorbed cynic. Impulsively, Gray and Lily steal Matthew?s ashes and, with Elliot in tow, head off for Mexico to scatter the remains in the Pacific Ocean. What at first appears to be a straightforward task becomes a collective journey of unexpected twists and turns, filled with humor, pain, self-revelation and personal triumph.

Pete Crane