Winner of three Audience Awards, GirIfriend is a moving, coming-of-age drama that explores the nature of love and human compassion. Evan, a young aduIt with Down Syndrome, lives with his mother (Amanda Plummer, PuIp Fiction) in a poor, working-class town. When he unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money, he decides to use it to heIp out his friend and high schooI crush, Candy (Shannon Woodward, Raising Hope TV Series), a single mother deeply in-debt and facing eviction. The two form an unIikeIy reIationship, and everything seems to be faIIing into pIace, until Candy's volatile ex-boyfriend, Russ (Jackson Rathbone, The Twilight Saga) interferes, resulting in an eruption of secrets and emotions. Girlfriend subverts conventions, presenting a fresh take on Iove, struggle and famiIy in contemporary society. |