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About the movie

An aging comedian tours the California desert, lost in a cycle of third-rate venues, novelty tourist attractions, and vain attempts to reach his estranged daughter. By day, he slogs through the barren landscape, inadvertently alienating every acquaintance. At night, he seeks solace in the animation of his onstage persona. Fueled by the promise of a lucrative Hollywood engagement and the possibility of rekindling a relationship with his daughter, he trudges through a series of increasingly surreal and volatile encounters.
Writer/director Rick Alverson (The Comedy) returns with this nightmarish account of a traveling entertainer lost on the brink. In Alverson's immaculately bleak portrait, Gregg Turkington stars as The Comedian, caught in a struggle between being the center of attention and the object of alienation, occasionally challenged by an amazing cast of characters played by Tye Sheridan, John C. Reilly, Michael Cera, and Amy Seimetz.
“A masterwork” – The Playlist"Weird, unsettling, darkly funny” – Variety
“Entertainment confirms that Rick Alverson is one of the most vital and necessary filmmakers in American indie cinema” – Little White Lies

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