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Littlerock (2010)

Littlerock poster
Directed by
Mike Ott
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Japanese tourists visit a small California town. One of them forms a friendship with a local man, leading to cultural misunderstandings and quiet emotional shifts.

slow-burnunderstatedmelancholicquietintimatebittersweetnaturalisticlonely

What happens

Littlerock is a 2010 film directed by Mike Ott. It debuted at the 2010 San Francisco International Film Festival, and played at over 40 film festivals including AFI Fest, Viennale, Cairo International Film Festival, Warsaw International Film Festival, Reykjavik International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, and Hong Kong International Film Festival before its U.S. theatrical release on August 12, 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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