Anjela believes that the dancing gig is just a short-term diversion to save for college, and the pills are just to help her keep going. Claire thinks that she deserves to live the life of her dreams after putting her family’s needs first for so long. Tim thinks that the extra hours are a necessary cost of providing for his family, and the big-screen TV more than makes up for his absence. But they all soon discover that the promises of a distant country are hollow, and they lose all they once held dear.
Anjela in the alley, fending off rats. Tim in his driveway, his family pulling away. Claire, away from her family, in a new home, entertaining an old lover. Lying in the pigsty, they are alone. The distant country has exacted its price, and they are left with nothing. It’s in this rock-bottom mo...
Still in the pigsty of their own making, our characters undergo an agonizing awakening: the promise of the distant country was a lie, and they’ve lost everything. But that’s not the end of the journey. Anjela & Claire find the strength to take the next painful step. Confiding in another dancer at...
Anjela and Claire are still in the distant country, still dealing with the mess they have made of their lives. Claire has estranged herself from her family, and Anjela is trapped in a
lifestyle of drugs and dancing in a strip club. Both have fully owned the fact that they brought their
circumst...
