Black and white UCLA student film, preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A British artist travels on assignment to the United States to get distance after the death of his sister. When his car breaks down on a hot August afternoon, he stumbles for miles until reaching a young, mysterious girl and the home of a stone cutter. The coincidences he encounters prove too strange to be believed.
Joe Turner
The Stonecutter
Robert Olson
The Artist
Judy Katter
The Girl
Black and white UCLA student film, preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A British artist travels on assignment to the United States to get distance after the death of his sister. When his car breaks down on a hot August afternoon, he stumbles for miles until reaching a young, mysterious girl and the home of a stone cutter. The coincidences he encounters prove too strange to be believed.
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