Bootleg Wisconsin

A quiet, low-key drift through ordinary lives, intimate and unhurried, like watching small-town strangers find each other.

Directed by

Brandon Linden

Starring

Lepolion Henderson, Angela Harris, Joyce Porter

Overview

A Chicago schoolteacher on vacation from her husband stops at an outlet mall in Pleasant Prairie Wisconsin. While staying near the mall she starts a relationship with one of the local boys who works at the mall. The film follows their relationship as well as the community surrounding the boy and the mall.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Love, isolation, identity, class

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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