Bodies, Rest & Motion

Bodies, Rest & Motion

1993 · 95 min · EN · R · 5.3 (22 votes)
Dir. Michael Steinberg · Starring Phoebe Cates, Bridget Fonda, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz, Alicia Witt, Sandra Ellis Lafferty · Music Michael Convertino

Nick is leaving. Beth is staying. Carol is waiting. Sid is painting.

DramaRomance

Rebelling against his dreary life in a small Arizona town, salesman Nick abandons his girlfriend, Beth, and strikes out onto the highway in search of... something else. Encouraged by her best friend, Carol, Beth reluctantly accepts the romantic attentions of Sid, a local housepainter.

VIBE

A quiet, sun-drenched ache of a film. It captures the restless spirit of youth and the bittersweet pangs of love and friendship on the open road. Feels like a hazy memory you can't quite shake.

melancholicwistfulintrospectiveyearningslow-burnindie dramacharacter study90s aestheticnaturalisticdisillusionmentsearching for meaningunrequited loveescape
arizonahighwayroad triplovefriendssalesman
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