Runner
Synopsis
Runner follows Haas, an eighteen-year-old girl raised by a single father in Missouri. When her father suddenly dies she is left to bury him alone. In order to meet the terms of his will, she must bring him to the town where he was born, a community battling both the stresses of climate and economy. It is in this area, along the Mississippi River, where she meets Will. Will has an artistic soul, but one tethered to the harsh reality of his circumstances. Will is drawn to Haas and Haas is drawn to Will. Will teaches Haas to live and Haas teaches Will to feel. It is in their friendship, their shared expression of living, where Haas’ understanding of loss begins to take shape. A story of two strangers finding, changing, and ultimately leaving one another.
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