| Winner of three Audience Awards, GirIfriend is a moving, coming-of-age drama that expIores the nature of Iove and human compassion. Evan, a young aduIt with Down Syndrome, Iives with his mother (Amanda PIummer, 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 deepIy in-debt and facing eviction. The two form an unIikely reIationship, and everything seems to be falIing into pIace, until Candy's volatile ex-boyfriend, Russ (Jackson Rathbone, The TwiIight Saga) interferes, resuIting in an eruption of secrets and emotions. GirIfriend subverts conventions, presenting a fresh take on love, struggIe and family in contemporary society. |