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DINNER IN AMERICA (2020)

USA 106 MINS

Director: Adam Rehmeier

Writer: Adam Rehmeier 

Stars: Emily Skeggs, Kyle Gallner

Country/Language: USA/English

Notable Festivals: Sundance Film Festival, Fantasia Film Festival, Pendance Film Festival (Best Picture 2021) 

Synopsis: Welcome to the Dollhouse collides with Napoleon Dynamite – with an added dose of the endlessly quotable dialogue of Heathers – in Dinner in America – a DIY love letter to being authentically yourself, finding your voice, and being punk AF.

In a dreary Midwestern suburb, aggro punk rocker Simon (Kyle Gallner, Jennifer’s BodyThe Cleansing Hour) finds himself on the run again after a bout of arson and a close call with the police. A chance encounter with the spirited and socially awkward Patty (Emily Skeggs, The Miseducation of Cameron PostMile 22) provides him a place to lay low. As the two embark on a series of misadventures, they begin to realise they have a lot more in common than they first expected…

Skilfully directed by Adam Rehmeier (JonasThe Bunny Game), produced by Ben Stiller (ZoolanderTropic Thunder) and Ross Putman (Plus OneThe Violent Heart) and set to the beat of brilliant original songs, Dinner in America is an empowering and wild ride through the places and people of suburbia — in all their peculiar and chaotic forms.

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