She planned on taking the path of least resistance during her senior year-hanging out with her punk rocker boyfriend and trying not to flunk out of school-until a massive fight with her mother pushes her over the edge, and she runs away.Īt first, joining a group of radical environmentalists who are occupying a Washington State forest is just about having a place to crash. Her mom is in perpetual mourning, her father ran out on them, and after hanging out with Andy's hard-partying friends for a year, Alison's reputation is trashed.
will release Blank & Jensen's Almost Home in select US theaters + streaming starting November 29th late this month.A powerful coming-of-age novel about a seventeen-year-old girl who joins a radical environmental movement in the Pacific Northwest.Įver since her older brother Andy died, Alison's life has been just as dark as her home in Tacoma, Washington. This first premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival last year. It's produced by Jessica Blank, Ross Putman, and Steak House Productions. The screenplay is also by Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen, based on the novel by Jessica Blank. Almost Home is co-directed by actors Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen, both making their feature directorial debut.
She joins a de facto family of other homeless youth struggling to survive on the streets of Los Angeles. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen's Almost Home, from YouTube:Ī teenage girl named Elly (Rachel Zimmermann) flees abuse at home to join a strong but troubled young woman (Hannah Marks) that's been living on the streets. "You're stronger than you think." Of course. As heartfelt as this story seems, it's so cheesy I was cringing at times watching this trailer. Starring Rachel Zimmermann, Hannah Marks, Niko Guardado, and Max Burkholder. This is the feature directorial debut of husband-wife actors Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen, adapting from Blank's own novel of the same name. The film is about a young girl who runs away from home and joins a group of other young kids living homeless on the streets of Los Angeles. "This is the story of the girl who saved me." Vertical has released an official trailer for an indie homeless drama titled Almost Home, which first premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival last year finally getting a release.
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