Paydirt

In Penny Allen’s sun-dappled Pacific Northwest thriller, a struggling Oregon vintner couple turns to an unlikely cash crop: marijuana. But when a wave of robberies threatens their peaceful, countercultural existence, their rural idyll gives way to a strange and suspenseful battle over land, livelihood, and survival. Starring Eric Silverstein and Lola Desmond, Paydirt unfolds with a laid-back, laconic rhythm that gradually gives way to tension, blending slice-of-life realism with more blood-pumping fare.