Is there anything left of the American Dream? That’s what Sean Price Williams‘ “The Sweet East” aims to find out: a coming-of-age road trip comedy that’s part “Alice In Wonderland,” part absurdist take on the contemporary United States.
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“The Sweet East” had a highly successful world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Now it hits theaters next month, looking to sneak onto critics’ yearly top ten lists.
Here’s an official synopsis for “The Sweet East,” courtesy of Utopia:
THE SWEET EAST is a picaresque journey through the cities and woods of the Eastern seaboard of the United States. Lillian, a high school senior from South Carolina, gets her first glimpse of the wider world on a class trip to Washington, D.C. Separated from her schoolmates, she embarks on a fractured road trip in search of America. Along the way, she falls in with a variety of strange factions, each living out their own alternative realities in our present day.
Talia Ryder stars in Williams’ feature debut alongside Simon Rex, Ayo Edebiri, Earl Cave, and Jacob Elordi. Jeremy O. Harris, Rish Shah, and Gibby Haynes also star.
Williams directs a script by film critic Nick Pinkerton. Alex Ross Perry co-produces “The Sweet East” with Alex Coco and Craig Butta. Jammy Kaltreider and David Kaplan executive produce the film.
As noted earlier, “The Sweet East” premiered at Cannes to much critical acclaim. The Playlist’s review out of the festival called it “an expansive chronicling of a slice of America ripe for many a rewatch.”
“The Sweet East” hits theaters on December 1. Watch a trailer for the film below.
