From the director of the excellent 'Old Joy' comes this film about the hassles of trying to survive if you're out of ackers. Wendy, a semi-rootless drifter, along with sole companion Lucy, her dog (but no string attached), is driving her old banger across country to Alaska in the hope of finding work. When the beat-up old car bites the dust in a small Oregon town she encounters one obstacle after another. The threat of both poverty and loneliness are present throughout in this well observed, thoughtful film.