Interstate

Imagine a trip down Route 66, where drive-ins, eccentric diners, 1950s gas stations and neon stripped Tiki motels still stand. This is the backdrop of "Interstate": a hallucinatory journey across America into the bleak world of film noir. On his way to Los Angeles to meet his girlfriend, Edgar (Shiloh Fernandez, "Drake and Josh," "Jericho") picks up two suspicious looking teenage sisters; Veronica, a femme fatale nightmare, and Gloria, a quirky acid head obsessed with snapping Polaroids. The journey takes a strange turn when Edgar becomes stranded with the girls in a seedy roadside motel. Strange revelations are made and Veronica uncovers Edgar's grim past and blackmails him for everything he's got. A filmmaker to watch, director Marc Samson displays his talent in matte design - made famous in "I Am Legend" and "Apocalypto." Here he recreates iconic symbols of Route 66 - diners, motels, and gas stations. In the tradition of "Alpha Dog", "U-Turn" and "Taking Lives."