For most college students, the hazy, liminal space of a post-graduation summer marks the end of the familiar and the beginning of more uncertain futures. Unlike the transition from high school to higher education, the move away from college life is akin to finally removing the training wheels off of a bike. There are no more built-in supports \u2014 no more communal housing, prescheduled calendars, or the ability to move, almost always, with a crowd of your peers; instead, you\u2019re left with an often overwhelming sense of your autonomy.<\/p>\n
The feature debut from director Jac Cron, \u201cChestnut,\u201d is a coming-of-age drama that harnesses the weight of this unknowing, filtering it through the lens of young drunken summer nights that, upon recollection, are oh-so-fuzzy around the edges. \u201cStranger Things\u201d actor Natalia Dyer stars here as Annie, a recent finance grad and aspiring writer holding over time in her sleepy Philadelphia college town until her newly minted job in Los Angeles begins. Despite the support of her loving father, Annie is reluctant to begin this new chapter of her life; she is slow to pack up her apartment and seems to be dragging her feet regarding all of the other preparations she must undertake before moving across the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Drinking alone at a bar during one of these quietly creeping summer nights, Annie meets the romantically ambiguous duo, Tyler and Danny. Tyler (Rachel Keller\u00a0of FX\u2019s \u201cFargo”) is enigmatic, charming Annie just as equally as she confuses her. At the same time, Danny (Danny Ramirez of \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d), the more reserved of the pair, seems content to observe Annie and Tyler’s flirtation from a distance. Roommates and co-workers at a local bar, Tyler and Danny\u2019s relationship is unclear to Annie in everything but its obviously entangled and codependent nature.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Annie is immediately attracted to Tyler and quickly becomes enmeshed into her and Danny\u2019s social circle, spending what remains of her summer nights with the pair at everything from after-worked-drinks-turned-sweaty parties to intimate poetry readings in quiet bars. Avoiding the check-ins of her longtime college friend Jason (Chella Man) as well as her father\u2019s calls, Annie\u2019s attraction to Tyler offers an emotional whirlwind of a portal through which the young woman can escape into a different version of her life \u2014 with the caveat that a choice must be made at summer\u2019s end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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