Meet the Filmmaker: Director, John Sayles
A noir-ish thriller centering on old high school pals Bernice and Fontayne. They’re reunited when Bernice, now a parole officer, is assigned to monitor Fontayne, a recovering addict who has just been released from prison. When Bernice’s son goes missing, after his partner in human trafficking across the Mexican border is murdered, she enlists Fontayne to use her underworld connections to help find him. USA, 2013, 123 minutes, unrated
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“With the help of Hamilton, Ross and Olmos, sublime actors who radiate grit and grace, Sayles has made Go for Sisters a movie that stays inside your head long after you see it. It’s a keeper.” – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
“Sayles gives us vibrant, complex characters inhabited by actors who burrow deep—a reminder of how scarce classical, involving human drama is at the movies nowadays.” – Scott Foundas, The Village Voice
“This buddy/road film builds tension with its missing-person quest in a border-crossing underworld. “ – Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times
