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2000 • 78 minutes

About this movie

Alternating between an isolation cell and chain gang duty, fifteen-year-old Ryan Kazinski dreams his days away in Florida's juvenile detention system, floating through the possibilities of redemption. When a riot erupts between inmates and guards, the window of freedom is propped open, allowing Ryan to escape into the neighbouring orange groves. After negotiating his way through alligator infested swamps and freakish encounters, Ryan hitches a ride back to his hometown where he reckons with police, hostile thugs, fraternal ties, and a born again desire to find his estranged mother. Inevitably, it is Ryan's frailty that is his undoing - but not before securing a one last definitive moment of solace.