Heartland

Running time: 96 mins

A young artist finds escape through a reckless affair with her brother's girlfriend. They're a complacent, small-town family with a routine life...until Carrie comes to town. Lauren, dealing with the loss of a close friend, returns home just in time to meet her brother's low-carb, big-city girlfriend, Carrie. As Carrie tries to make sense of rural Oklahoma, Lauren works to seduce her into dropping her aloof superiority and opening her heart to small-town life. That is when something new blossoms between them, and the cracks in the family begin to show. Heartland is an elegant tale of the destructive power of running from your pain, the shifting nature of sexuality, and the true meaning of family. Love has its limitations, but the heart knows no bounds. - Pia Chamberlain