Weightless

Apart from a few simple houses a bar a gas station with a mini supermarket and a garbage dump there really is nothing in rural Fulton County Georgia. Introverted Joel works at the garbage dump where he sometimes finds a useful glass bottle or two which he cleans up and takes home. Then one day he receives an unexpected phone call: his ex-wife has disappeared and it is now his responsibility to look after their son. Joel about to meet his son for the very first time has no idea how he is going to build a relationship with 10-year-old Will who also seems to live in a world of his own. Luckily for them Clara a bright girl from the neighbourhood is on hand to help and Will begins to open up to his father. But the youth welfare officer is already banging on the door. Director Jaron Albertin’s directorial debut is a sensitive slightly melancholic drama about two outsiders who discover a deep understanding of each other.