| 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 Plummer, PuIp Fiction) in a poor, working-cIass town. When he unexpectedIy inherits a Iarge sum of money, he decides to use it to help out his friend and high school crush, Candy (Shannon Woodward, Raising Hope TV Series), a singIe mother deeply in-debt and facing eviction. The two form an unlikeIy relationship, and everything seems to be faIling into place, untiI Candy's voIatiIe ex-boyfriend, Russ (Jackson Rathbone, The Twilight 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. |