I grew up in the 1960s, finished college in 1967, and I almost went to UC Berkeley for graduate school. Thanks to then Governor Reagan who put a temporary freeze on out of state assistance, I went elsewhere. Had I gone to Berkeley, hotbed of hippie activity, I might have turned out just like some of the characters in this movie.
Clea DuVall is the nominal star as 17-year-old Cally, a product of the 1960s communal living. She was born in 1968 and shortly thereafter her mother disappeared. She was raised by her dad and others in the commune. It seems that she has turned out OK, but she is still restless, wondering who her mother was, something her dad has no interest in filling in details for.
Tomas Arana is Wade, her 40-something dad in 1985, he works but not consistently and there isn't always money for food and basic needs.
Cally hangs out in San Francisco enough that the clerk at the coffee shop knows her by name. One day she sees an unusual, blond, hippie-looking lady that captures her interest. Daryl Hannah is the mysterious Sabine.
The 4th key character is Eric Roberts as Jacob, whom we soon find out was once in love with Sabine and who usually knows where she is.
This is an unusual movie in that the viewer can't easily focus on a theme. We know Cally isn't totally happy with her dad and wants to leave the nest. We know she is trying to find out if this mysterious Sabine perhaps really is her mother. But much of everything that leads up to the final conclusion seems a bit disconnected.
SPOILERS: In her path through growing up Cally somehow gets attracted to 40-something Jacob. She goes to his place, she takes a shower, there is a quick scene of her naked rear, seemingly gratuitous, then she and Jacob have sex. Maybe the director intended for this to connect Cally to Sabine, who turns out to be her mom, but who never wanted a child and felt inadequate to deal with motherhood. But they do end up bonding of sorts ans we wonder, what might happen next?
Clea DuVall is the nominal star as 17-year-old Cally, a product of the 1960s communal living. She was born in 1968 and shortly thereafter her mother disappeared. She was raised by her dad and others in the commune. It seems that she has turned out OK, but she is still restless, wondering who her mother was, something her dad has no interest in filling in details for.
Tomas Arana is Wade, her 40-something dad in 1985, he works but not consistently and there isn't always money for food and basic needs.
Cally hangs out in San Francisco enough that the clerk at the coffee shop knows her by name. One day she sees an unusual, blond, hippie-looking lady that captures her interest. Daryl Hannah is the mysterious Sabine.
The 4th key character is Eric Roberts as Jacob, whom we soon find out was once in love with Sabine and who usually knows where she is.
This is an unusual movie in that the viewer can't easily focus on a theme. We know Cally isn't totally happy with her dad and wants to leave the nest. We know she is trying to find out if this mysterious Sabine perhaps really is her mother. But much of everything that leads up to the final conclusion seems a bit disconnected.
SPOILERS: In her path through growing up Cally somehow gets attracted to 40-something Jacob. She goes to his place, she takes a shower, there is a quick scene of her naked rear, seemingly gratuitous, then she and Jacob have sex. Maybe the director intended for this to connect Cally to Sabine, who turns out to be her mom, but who never wanted a child and felt inadequate to deal with motherhood. But they do end up bonding of sorts ans we wonder, what might happen next?