Don't Come Back from the Moon (2017)

Directed by

Bruce Thierry Cheung

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a small desert town, a group of fathers disappear one after another. Their children are left behind to cope with the loss and the harsh realities of their fading community.

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What happens

Don't Come Back from the Moon is a 2017 American independent drama film written and directed by Bruce Thierry Cheung. It is based on Dean Bakopoulos' 2005 novel, Please Don’t Come Back from the Moon. Filmed in Bombay Beach, CA, it stars Jeffrey Wahlberg, Alyssa Elle Steinacker, Rashida Jones, James Franco, and Henry Hopper. The film premiered at the LA Film Festival on June 20, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States on January 18, 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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