
Lostinlove,languageandLittlerock.<br/> LittlerockisapowerfulintimatedramathatcapturesthefearsanddesiresofayoungJapanesewomanlostinAmerica.<br/> Rintaro(RintaroSawamoto)andAtsuko(AtsukoOkatsuka,whoalsoco-wrotethescript)areaJapanesebrotherandsisterspendingtheirsummertravelingthroughtheU.S.WhileontheirwaytoSanFrancisco,theircarbreaksdowninLittlerock,California,andtheykilltimewiththelocalyoungdrunks,touringtheendlesskeggersthataretheonlyentertainmentintown.AtsukospeaksnoEnglish,andbecomestheexoticcenterofattentioninthisisolatedburg,deflectingadvancesbywhatseemslikeeveryavailablemanintown.Whenlovedoescomeherway,shediscoversthatpassioncanbeasfleetingasavisitabroad.<br/> DirectedbyMikeOtt,Littlerockisanaffectinglyauthenticportraitofthebittersweetpainofyoungloveandthecruelrealityofculturalmiscommunication,makingitoneofthemostemotionallymovingAmericanIndependentsinrecentmemory.<br/> AsleepyLosAngelesexurbanditsshiftlessyoungresidentsareseenthroughtheeyesoftwoJapanesetouristsinthisintimateevocationofasmalltowninSouthernCaliforniawhereeveryone'stalkingbutnoonereallyunderstands.

