EXCLUSIVE: Julia Mayorga (American Rust) and Allegra Leguizamo (Tin Soldier) have been tapped for roles alongside Academy Award winner Shirley MacLaine and Stephen Dorff in the indie drama People Not Places from director Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer).
Written by Ellen Brown Furman (The Infiltrator), the filmmaker’s mother, pic watches as Clare (MacLaine), an elderly widow living in Atlantic City, meets an erratic homeless man (Dorff) who sleeps in cars.
Their shared loneliness causes them to bond, as they find the courage to face his regrettable past and her shortened future.
Mayorga plays Sarah, Clare’s stunning daughter-in-law with an artistic flair, who creates jewelry. Her husband Cole is torn between his need to support Sarah’s ambition and his mother’s need for more time with her son.
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