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Synopsis: An ex-con tries to get back custody of her son with the help of an idealistic young public defender and at the same time falls into a romantic fling with a traumatized former US soldier.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Matthew Newton
Production: FilmRise
 
IMDB:
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
Year:
2017
95 min
92 Views


fight it and say,

"It's not true. It's not true."

Hey, Jan.

How're you doing?

I'm good, nice to

see you guys again.

Good to see you,

good to see you.

Say hi to Miss Jan.

How do you do?

How do you do?

He was just explaining

to me a little bit about

the situation with the

shelter that they were in.

So if we actually took

a picture, got caught...

Yes.

You can't get fired from

a job for taking a photo.

Is the avenue we need to

go down to find out what,

what happened there

with the payment plan.

Right.

And any of the eviction notices

that they might have gotten

or might not have gotten

because that happens

all the time too.

You want it to be in

the system that you went,

that you were, you know.

It doesn't meant anything

if you just tell a

neighbor or something.

That doesn't hold up in court.

So we definitely need

you to go see a doctor

and have that documented, okay?

Did you guys already talk about

what happened with his landlord?

Is there any way we could just...

We're definitely

having trouble with that.

You know what I'm saying?

It was the final notice and

it was only the first notice.

Right.

No having

stamps on the paperwork.

Right. Right.

You know, conniving stuff

and I don't have a

way of proving it.

I don't have a, I

can't afford a lawyer.

You called several times.

You hit the right place.

We've got investigators who

can be able to deal with that.

Thank you. I really

appreciate you.

Yeah, we've seen

this a lot, unfortunately.

Yeah.

You wanted to see me?

Yeah.

Judge agreed to

release Sean Jones.

That's great.

What pushed it over the edge?

Other than your genius.

The knife.

He realized that the prosecution

was trying to sluff

over the screw-up.

They were.

So I'm gonna need you

to come with me tomorrow,

if you can, to pick this kid up.

I don't think I can tomorrow.

I can help you...

Believe me, I'm not asking

because I wanna hang out

with your amazing self.

Listen,

this kid has been in jail

for f***ing three years.

I need some help keeping

him on the steady

and you're really

good with that.

What?

Just seems like big bad Carlos

is scared to go by himself.

Oh, please.

I gotta use everybody's

best assets here, girl.

You're a pretty white girl.

Sean's gangbanger friends

are gonna be there

and I would quiet like

to have them focused in

on looking good for you

as apposed to being

all bent out of shape

and out for blood

because their boy, Sean,

was wrongfully arrested.

Okay.

Yes, I'll be there.

Let me know if there's

anything else you need me to do

other than be your bodyguard.

Maybe you can try to

excavate that little charm

from that cynical pit that

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Matthew Newton

Matthew Joseph Newton (born 22 January 1977) is an Australian actor, writer, and director. His acting career was interrupted by treatment in a psychiatric unit for bipolar disorder after several serious incidents of domestic violence and assault which were widely reported in the Australian media. Newton has relocated to New York City where he has resumed his directing and acting career. more…

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