A disenchanted man's search for a vanished woman becomes a darkly comic, dreamlike journey through LA's hidden world.
Surreal and pulpy, with dark satire. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Kanopy (free), Hoopla (free), The Roku Channel (free), Fandango at Home (free), Plex (free) and Tubi (free).
It stays inside its R, with moderate sex and nudity, and some violence.
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Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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