Delightful Trailer for the Coming of Age Drama SUNCOAST Starring Woody Harrelson, Nico Parker, and Laura Linney
Searchlight Pictures has released a wonderful trailer for a new coming-of-age film titled Suncoast. The film looks like it tells a delightful and heartfelt story, and it’s inspired by the semi-autobiographical story of a teenager who, “while caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.”
The movie was written and directed by Laura Chinn, who is making her directorial debut, and it has a strong cast that includes Laura Linney, Nico Parker, Ella Anderson, Daniella Taylor, Amarr, Ariel Martin, and Woody Harrelson.
The film is inspired by Chinn’s own teenage experience. “Set in 2005 in St. Petersburg, Florida, Suncoast is a sensitively told coming-of-age story as Chinn’s young heroine finds friendship through unexpected connections and gestures and is forced to reckon with the gravity of her brother’s health.”
Nico Parker plays Doris, “an awkward high schooler whose unique and troubling home life ultimately provides opportunities for her freedom and an unexpected entrée into the popular kids’ clique.” In the film, “a mother and daughter face a situation bigger than themselves that builds to a crescendo of deep emotional power and pathos.”
The movie is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, and I’m hoping that I get the opportunity to watch it!