The Lone Star International Film Festival Kicks Off November 12 with Director Christine Jeff’s “Sunshine Cleaning.”

About The Festival:
The Lone Star International Film Festival kicks off its 5-day festival on Wednesday, November 12th. In truly unique and Texas fashion, Lone Star has partnered with the Russian Academy of Motion Picture Arts to bring five Russian films (all U.S. premieres) and their film dignitaries – actors, directors, producers to Fort Worth to participate in this festival. In addition, the Festival has a Visiting Artistic Director from Russia, Kirill Razlogov, who serves as the Program Director for the Moscow International Film Festival.

The Festival will also showcase over 60 truly independent films including features, shorts and documentaries. As always, the panels will be incredibly educational and should not be missed!

Opening Night | Wednesday, November 12
7: 00 PM
Opening Night Film - Sunshine Cleaning
AMC Palace 8 in Sundance Square

Sunshine Cleaning
Director: Christine Jeffs

A single mom and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in the off-beat dramatic comedy Sunshine Cleaning. Directed by Christine Jeffs (Rain, Sylvia), this uplifting film about an average family that finds the path to its dreams in an unlikely setting screened in competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Once the high school cheerleading captain who dated the quarterback, Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams) now finds herself a thirty something single mother working as a maid. Her sister Norah, (Emily Blunt), is still living at home with their dad Joe (Alan Arkin), a salesman with a lifelong history of ill-fated get rich quick schemes. Desperate to get her son into a better school, Rose persuades Norah to go into the crime scene clean-up business with her to make some quick cash. In no time, the girls are up to their elbows in murders, suicides and other…specialized situations. As they climb the ranks in a dirty job, the sisters find respect for one another.

Starring: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Jason Spevack, Steve Zahn, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Clifton Collins Jr., Eric Christian Olsen, Kevin Chapman

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