Sunlight Jr.
Directed By
Laurie Collyer
A Florida couple holding minimum-wage jobs deals with an unexpected pregnancy.
- ABOUT
- BIO
Set in the underbelly of usually sunny Florida, Melissa Winters (two-time Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts) works as a cashier at the local convenience store, SUNLIGHT JR. She lives in a seedy motel with her boyfriend Richie (Academy Award nominee Matt Dillon), a former TV repairman who lives month-to-month on his government disability check, spending most of it at a neighborhood tavern. When an unexpected pregnancy takes their lives in a new direction, they are forced to examine the realities of both of their lives, and to face tough choices about what lies on the horizon.
LAURIE COLLYER Laurie Collyer‘s credits include Sherrybaby which won numerous awards including the National Board of Review’s Award for Top Independent Film in 2006 and a Golden Globe nomination for actress Maggie Gyllenhaal; the documentary Nuyorican Dream which received much acclaim including a DGA nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement and a Grand Jury Prize nomination at the Sundance Film Festival; Sunlight Jr. starring Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon which premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. Last year, Collyer directed the miniseries The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe for Lifetime TV, for which she was nominated for another DGA Award.
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