American Cowslip


American Cowslip is a 2009 independent feature film directed by Mark David. It revolves around heroin addict, Ethan Inglebrink, whose life is centered on his garden and his group of eccentric friends. American Cowslip is David's third film, following his debut, Sweet Thing, and his second, acclaimed feature, Intoxicating. This was Peter Falk's final film appearance two years before his death June 23, 2011.

Plot

Ethan Inglebrink is an agoraphobic heroin addict who lives in a homogeneous California town where nothing ever happens. A misfit, clad in a powder blue tux, he has convinced his poker buddies, and surrogate moms, Roe, Sandy, and Lou Anne, that he is diabetic and his needles are for insulin, not heroin. His next-door neighbor is his landlord and former high school football coach Trevor O'Hart, who wants nothing more than to kick Ethan out on the street. Complicating matters even further is that Ethan's older brother Todd, the local sheriff, is convinced that his brother can only be saved by an act of God, and recruits the family priest to get the job done. Meanwhile, as the Garden of the Year competition draws near, Ethan becomes convinced that he can take the $10,000 top prize and pay off his delinquent rent if he can just grow the perfect American Cowslip. Little does Ethan realize that salvation may lie not in the money he could win for growing a rare flower, but with the companionship and understanding offered by his 17-year-old neighbor Georgia, who longs to escape her abusive father.

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