Range Roads

[Plays Oct. 24 and 26 as part of the 28th Austin Film Festival that runs Oct. 21-28; for information, log on to www.austinfilmfestival.com.] After her estranged father suffers a heart attack while driving and both of her parents are killed in the resulting car accident in Kyle Thomas' somber, realistic, well-acted, down-to-earth, 86-minute film, a depressed, panic-attack-prone television actress (Alana Hawley Purvis) returns home to Alberta after a 20-year absence for the funeral and tries to reconnect with her married brother (Joe Perry), apologizes to her high school boyfriend (Chad Brownlee) for their messy breakup, attempts to come to terms with her unhappy past, and learns a surprising secret after discovering a life insurance policy.
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