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Sunlight Jr. (2013)

Sunlight Jr.
Sunlight Jr.
Drama
Documentary

Release Date
April 20, 2013
Director
Laurie Collyer
Cast
Naomi Watts , Matt Dillon , Tess Harper , Norman Reedus , Antoni Corone , Adrienne Lovette
Runtime
94
Main Genre
Drama
Writers
Laurie Collyer

Summary

Sunlight Jr. spotlights hard-working convenience store clerk Melissa (Naomi Watts) and her disabled boyfriend, Richie (Matt Dillon), who are trapped in a generational cycle of poverty. Their luck may be changing when they learn that Melissa has become pregnant. But as soon as she loses her job and they get evicted from the motel they live in, their joy vanishes. Through this adversity, the couple realizes that they can never lose everything as long as they have each other.

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