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"Is there a better way to miss someone?"

2024

1h 50m

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Overview

In the wake of her grandma’s death, a precocious teenager embarks on a road trip to James Dean’s hometown with her older brother and filmmaker neighbor.

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Sarah Alison Cooper

Sarah Alison Cooper

Haley Jackovic

Charlotte Moretti

Charlotte Moretti

Margot Foss

Evan Houdek

Evan Houdek

Wyatt Miller

Debbie Moretti

Debbie Moretti

Lynn Jackovic

Eliot Dimcheff

Eliot Dimcheff

Grey

Jeffrey Gorman

Paul Jackovic

Al Golden

Cambria

Sam Meier

Mikey

Don Rigato

Walter Reed

Matilda Hannah

Young Marylou

Creative team

Directed by: Jillian Bokatzian
Written by: Jillian Bokatzian
Charlotte Moretti
Produced by: Jillian Bokatzian
Charlotte Moretti

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