Wendy and Lucy (2008)

Wendy (Michelle Williams), a near-penniless drifter, is en route to Alaska in search of work, and her only companion is her dog, Lucy. Already perilously close to losing everything, Wendy hits a bigger bump in the road when her old car breaks down and she is arrested for shoplifting dog food. When she posts bail and returns to retrieve Lucy, she finds that the dog is gone, prompting a frantic search for her pet.

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Old Joy director Kelly Reichardt crafts this intimate tale of Wendy, an alienated Indiana woman who packs up her car and sets her sights on Alaska, but finds herself stranded in a small Oregon town with no money and only her faithful dog, Lucy, to keep her company. When Wendy realizes that there's nothing keeping her in her home state of Indiana, she makes the decision to relocate to Alaska and seek out work at the local fish cannery. With her four-legged friend Lucy in the passenger seat next to her, Wendy stops off to get some rest in a small Oregon town. The following morning, when Wendy attempts to start her ...
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car, the engine fails to respond. But this is only the first in a series of snowballing events, because as Wendy waits for the local garage to open she heads to the supermarket to pick up some dog food for Lucy. Opting to shoplift the puppy chow since she doesn't have much cash to speak of, Wendy subsequently finds herself in the local jail thanks to an overzealous employee. By the time Wendy pays her fine and gets back to the supermarket, Lucy is gone. Unfortunately the dog pound doesn't open until the following morning, and after receiving some help from a kindly local, Wendy gets some particularly bad news about her car.
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Wendy is met haar hond Lucy op weg naar Alaska in de hoop daar werk te vinden, als in een stadje in Oregon haar auto stukgaat. Ze is platzak en jat tijdens haar oponthoud hondenvoer voor Lucy. Dan gaat het mis: Wendy wordt gearresteerd en als ze later die dag vrijkomt, is Lucy verdwenen. In haar pogingen om haar hond terug te vinden, is Wendy overgeleverd aan de behulpzaamheid van vreemden.

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