The Off Hours
- Sun, Aug 16
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Director: Megan Griffiths Run Time: 93 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2011
Starring: Amy Seimetz, Lynn Shelton, Ross Partridge, Scoot McNairy, Tony Doupe
Screenwriter: Megan Griffiths
Producers: Lacey Leavitt, Mischa Jakupcak, Joy Saez
Vidiots is excited to welcome writer/director Megan Griffiths for a special 15th Anniversary screening of her engaging character study The Off Hours followed by a conversation with Griffiths and cast members Amy Seimetz, Scoot McNairy, and Ross Partridge, moderated by Vidiots Founding Member Mark Duplass!
You’re awake when everyone else is asleep. You’re standing still as traffic is whipping by at 70mph. Your off hours are spent trying to figure out why you’re here, whether you want to stay, and how to leave.
In The Off Hours, Amy Seimetz commands the screen as Francine, a waitress whose liberation from her mundane existence is long overdue. In the restless world of the night shift at a highway diner, Francine’s life consists of casual encounters and transient friendships. What she wants is out of reach—or is it that she’s lost track of wanting anything at all? When a banker turned big-rig driver played by Ross Partridge becomes a regular, he sparks hope in Francine. As change begins to invade the quiet diner, Francine is reminded that it is never too late to become the person she was meant to be.
Writer/director Megan Griffiths draws complex characters and stays true to them, respecting their shortcomings and yearnings for connection. Lynn Shelton, Scoot McNairy, Tony Doupé, Bret Roberts and newcomers Gergana Mellin and Madeline Elizabeth round out the all-star indie cast of The Off Hours.