Jess, age 18, and Moss, age 12, are second cousins in the dark-fire tobacco fields of rural Western Kentucky. Without immediate families that they can relate to, and lacking friends their own age, they only have each other. Over the course of a summer they venture on a journey exploring deep secrets and hopes of a future while being confronted with fears of isolation, abandonment and an unknown tomorrow.
CAST
Sarah Hagan
Austin Vickers
PRESS
"A beguilingly languid collection of sense impressions... achingly sad and surpassingly lovely." --Village Voice
"A bracing jolt from the usual film experience." --The Hollywood Reporter
"A poetic first feature." --The Los Angeles Times
"Gorgeously lush cinematography." --Paste Magazine
"This art cinema gem... conveys a magical place's timeless quality." --Variety
"A mosaic of pieces that combine to form a quietly shattering whole." --Indiewire
"One of the lessons of Jess + Moss is that beauty is hard to resist." --Screen Daily
"A mesmerising and beautiful film. I suspect director Clay Jeter is going to do extraordinary things in the future." --Cinema Autopsy
"There's so much in Jess + Moss, it's a marvel." --We've Got This Covered
"These are the kinds of movies that sense the winds of change in film and move the media forward in blending more artful cinematography with simple and profound storytelling." --Takeout Movies
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