A “quiet movie for a noisy time,” is how Director and Writer Aaron Davidman and Executive Producer Lisa Bruce describe their new film, American Solitaire , which has its world premiere on Friday, November 7 at 4 pm, at Coronado’s Village Theatre as part of the Coronado Island Film Festival’s (CIFF) tenth anniversary event ( ). The film delves into the issue of guns in America from an array of perspectives. Centering on Slinger, played by Joshua Close, known for roles in Fargo , Flowers of the Killer Moon , and more recently the Netflix series Wayward , as an American soldier just home from Afghanistan, the movie focuses on how he navigates reintegrating into civilian life.

Bruce has a deep Coronado connection; she grew up in a military family here, worked at Village Theatre as a

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