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AWOL

4.7 / 10 4.7 2011 14m

Drama

Days before deployment to Afghanistan, Joey returns to rural Pennsylvania for Christmas with big dreams of running away to Canada with her beautiful lover. But Joey learns that things don’t always end up as planned. This short film was expanded into a feature film of the same title, it premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, and it was released in 2017.

Directed by Deb Shoval

VISUAL NOTES

Stills from AWOL

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CAST

The people behind the story

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Kayla DempseyJoey

Breeda Wool

Breeda WoolRayna

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Ruthie O'DellJoey's Mom Ruthie

Darrell Larson

Darrell LarsonJoey's Stepdad Pete

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Roy BrownRoy

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Nevayah GondaNevayah

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Hannah DillonHannah

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Jon SordoniJoey's Family