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| Directed by | Brandon Dickerson |
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| Cinematography | Jordan Valenti |
| Edited by | Michael R. Miller |
| Music by | Wes Cunningham |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Sironia is a drama film directed by Brandon Dickerson and starring Amy Acker, Wes Cunningham, Tony Hale, Robyn Lively, Carrie Preston and Meaghan Martin. It was shot on location in Waco, Texas and Los Angeles, California. [1]
Inspired by the music of singer-songwriter Wes Cunningham, Sironia is the story of a talented musician who has been chewed up and spit out by the Hollywood music machine. Frustrated by his broken career, Thomas Fisher and his wife Molly impulsively pack up and move to small town Sironia, Texas to live a more authentic life and raise their first child near Molly's brother and his family. Despite the change of scenery, Thomas's deep resentment over his lost dreams gets the best of him as he struggles to find peace with his stalled career, until he remembers what he loved about music - and Molly - in the first place.
Sironia premiered at the 2011 Austin Film Festival in Austin, Texas in October 2011. [2] [3]
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