Cinderella Liberty
“She's 32. She drinks too much. She hustles pool. She's got a 10-year old mulatto son. She's got a different boyfriend every night. She's in trouble. And he's in love.”
DramaRomance
A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a Seattle hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.
VIBE
A raw, melancholic look at connection found in unexpected places. It feels like a smoky dive bar confession, full of weary tenderness and the quiet desperation of people just trying to get by. A deeply human, if sometimes bleak, portrait.
melancholicgrittyrawcynicaltenderslow-burn70s realismcharacter-driven dramanaturalisticlonelinessunconventional loveworking-class struggleparenthood
prostituteseattlewashingtonu.s. navysailorchild neglectshore patrolshore leaveheart of goldpregnant without husband
