A young woman Joey is in search of direction in her small town. A visit to an army recruiting office appears to provide a path, but when she meets and falls in love with Rayna that path diverges in ways that neither woman anticipates.
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| Lola Kirke | ... | Joey | |
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Kyle Monaghan | ... | Army Recruiter |
| Dale Soules | ... | Ruthie | |
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Madeline Hindmarch | ... | Girl with ice cream |
| Breeda Wool | ... | Rayna | |
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Nicole Dillion | ... | Rayna's Friend #1 |
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Dawn Santoriello | ... | Rayna's Friend #2 |
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Amanda K. Somma | ... | Rayna's Friend #3 |
| Ted Welch | ... | Pete | |
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Kate Kelly | ... | Rayna's Friend #4 |
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Nicole Lopez-Isa | ... | Rayna's Friend #5 |
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Sadie Butler | ... | Sadie |
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Hannah Dillon | ... | Hannah |
| Libby George | ... | Gram | |
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A young woman named Joey has a bright future ahead of her just as long as she can get out of the dead end town that she's in. So just as she's about to make her decision to leave she meets and falls in love with Rayna a married mother of 2 little girls. This is the story about their complicated and somewhat secret love affair.
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AWOL is such an honest film, that when you watch it you effortlessly breathe and feel with its main characters. This is due to director Deb Shoval's remarkable ability to submerge you in a small Pennsylvania coal town, and to actresses Lola Kirke's and Breeda Wool's fearless performances as Joey and Rayna. It is an intimate look at the lives of those who don't often grace the silver screen: soldier recruits, wives, closeted lesbians, and rural American families. AWOL is poignant, guarded, raw- like Joey and Rayna's relationship. Watching it will make you more compassionate, more understanding, and somehow more human.