Wanderlust
(2000; 35mm)

Struggling to hold together her trainwreck family, Kelley tracks down her drifter brother to a seedy, remote island off Chile and discovers him living with a ragged group of expatriates. He reacts to her frantic demands to return home by tricking her into being stranded; but when she falls in love with one of the drifters and with wanderlust itself, it triggers a surprising chain of events that forces everyone to draw a new line between personal freedom and responsibility.

An off-beat mix of romantic comedy, family drama, surrealism, folklore, and Aunt Clara's trippy slide show, Wanderlust is trademark Damaged Californians--artists known internationally for their quirky vision and daring work. Smart, funny, hip, and off-kilter, Wanderlust shatters the cliche of 'road movies' by looking at what happens when the road runs out.

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