BACK ROADS (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike), Jennifer Morrison (Superfly), Nicola Peltz (Transformers: Age of Extinction), Chiara Aurelia (Gerald’s Game), Hala Finley (film debut), June Carryl (Sweet November), Robert Patrick (Terminator 2: Judgement Day), Juliette Lewis (Cape Fear), Robert Longstreet (Sorry To Bother You), Jeff Pope (Black Snake Moan), Gavin Warren (First Man)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Alex Pettyfer (film debut), director, producer; Adrian Lyne (film debut) and Tawni O’Dell (film debut), writers;  Ashley Mansour (film debut), Michael Ohoven (Capote), Craig Robinson (film debut), Jake Seal (Born To Be Blue) and Dan Spilo (film debut), producers; John Hunter (Dead Awake), composer; Jarin Blaschke (The Witch), cinematographer; Kant Pan (The Crying Game), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After his mother (Lewis) is imprisoned for killing her abusive husband, Harley (Pettyfer) is left to raise his three younger sisters alone, working several dead-end jobs just to support them. When he begins an affair with Callie (Morrison), an older married woman who lives nearby, things take a dangerous turn as family secrets are also revealed…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Alex Pettyfer makes his directorial debut in this family drama that also sees him take on the lead role of a young man consumed by responsibilities.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 3RD APRIL 2020 (AVAILABLE ON VOD)

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