By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Van Maximilian Carlson
Starring: Ana Ortiz | Blake Michael | Edi Gathegi | Jacob Vargas | Jenny Gago | Martin Sheen | Tabitha Brown | Tim Abell
Country: united_states
Year: 2020
Running time: 85
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6533972/reference
Michael says: “Alicia was called Princess by her father when she was a little girl. Now as a young teenager, her mother has left, her father suffered several mental issues due to PTSD suffered during the war in Iraq, she hangs onto that endearment as she bounces from foster home to foster home, all the while struggling to look out for her father, Bo Willis, who lives in a tent on Skid Row. Smart and hard-working, Princess has so much opportunity ahead of her, but her priority is to remain with her father and keep him safe. Sadly, her father rarely recognizes her as his daughter, and when he does, it’s fairly fleeting. At the other end, random situations will trigger Bo’s military training without context and he becomes dangerous to those around him. Princess’ sympathetic case worker Magadalene, thinks she’s found a good match, experienced foster parents John and Carolina, and they indeed start to form a connection. Trouble is, the couple live 10 hours our of LA, which just won’t work for Princess, whose priority is her Dad. Instead she takes a substantial amount of cash from John’s wallet, and hits the road with her Dad in tow, thinking if she can just get him out of the city, he’ll get better.