Prince Avalanche

About the movie

An odd couple of sorts, Alvin and his girlfriend’s brother Lance, leave the city behind to spend the summer in solitude repainting traffic lines down the center of a country highway ravaged by wildfire. As they sink into their job in the remarkable landscape, they learn more than they want to about each other and their own limitations. An unlikely friendship develops through humor and nasty exchanges, leading to surprising affection.
Adapted from Icelandic film Either Way, Prince Avalanche is driven by wonderful performances by Paul Rudd (I Love You Man, Wonder Lust), and Emile Hirsch (Into the wild, Milk). Writer/director David Gordon Green gets back to his independent roots, after films like “Pineapple Express”, with this character study, which shows his knack for realistically capturing people and finding meaning in their lives and dreams.

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