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Sundance Film Festival

PARK CITY -- In Ballast, three people struggle mightily against one another and against their own worst instincts, bred out of deep distrust and bad memories, to reach a kind of equilibrium where they might live calm, productive lives. Lance Hammer's feature debut is gutsy -- gutsy for what he wants to achieve and for how he goes about it. The film is set in bleak circumstances in a bleak... Read the full review and more at hollywoodreporter.com.

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