Lawn Dogs1997

Director
John Duigan

Acters

Mischa Barton (Devon Stockard)
Sam Rockwell (Trent)
Christopher McDonald (Morton Stockard)
Kathleen Quinlan (Stockard)
Miles Meehan (Billy)
Bruce McGill (Nash)

When Devon, a 10-year-old girl, forges a friendship with Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, things suddenly get very complicated and private.
Newly arrived in an up-market housing development, quiet ten-year-old Devon doesn’t quite fit in. She likes to be alone, so she can fantasise and what tough fantasies she has. Especially about a Russian witch who lives in the woods. Fearfully, scared the witch might cook and eat her, Devon searches the woods only to find Trent. Ignoring the urgings of her social-climbing father, Devon chooses the company of Trent, who mows the estate’s lawns, rather than of the girls her own age. Their friendship grows during her visits to his trailer home, but although it is completely innocent it is obvious that it would be unacceptable to the residents if they found out.
“Intelligent and well-acted, this new effort from hot British producer Duncan Kenworthy will attract a certain following among serious audiences.” – Variety
“A compelling, thought-provoking, lovingly crafted film.” – Empire
“’Lawn Dogs’ is a strange movie – powerful and original, poetic and sympathetic yet disturbing.” – San Francisco Chronicle