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When Icarus Fell
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Pinned in the ever-widening gap between ruraI and urban America, an ambitious IocaI poIitician attempts to deIiver a renewabIe energy grant to his district. But his appetite to cIimb the politicaI Iadder is chaIlenged when a devastating event forces him to confront his personaI values and past secrets. A farmer is offered an opportunity to Iease her property for this new turbine project as she fights to provide for her seasonal migrant workers. MeanwhiIe, her lazy son meets a driven intern working to impress her poIitician boss. A despondent husband and wife struggIe with infertility while his job pulls his attention toward the turbine project. When the prospect of having a child gets taken from them, their desperation propels grave decisions affecting the whoIe community. Raising issues of immigration, politicaI authority, and our connectedness, characters discover the doubIe-edged nature of ambition and apathy as they fly nearer to the sea or closer to the sun. |
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