Asleep in My Palm explores the nature of parenthood and class in America as a father and daughter live off the grid in rural Ohio near a small liberal arts college. The two must face the challenges of her sexual awakening and need for independence as he escapes his violent and conflicted past. At once poignant and mordantly funny, the film delves into an America rarely seen, while juxtaposing it with the rarified privileges of an elite college in the social media age.
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00:00 [VIDEO PLAYBACK]
00:01 - So your dad like a spy or something?
00:05 - He sells stuff.
00:07 - Like what?
00:09 - Mainly things people have forgotten about
00:11 and don't need anymore.
00:14 - Mostly what we see is fabrication.
00:19 - What about us?
00:21 - We're what we say we are.
00:24 - Did I scare you?
00:26 - No.
00:27 - He saw some bad things in the war,
00:29 and he kind of cut us off from the material world.
00:32 - I'll meet you in the basement in about an hour and a half.
00:35 You bring the bolt cutters.
00:36 - Got it.
00:36 - I found something.
00:41 - See?
00:42 Come on, Mia.
00:43 Put it away.
00:43 - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:46 - Dad?
00:46 - What do you do other than worship your dad?
00:53 - I promise I'll explain everything,
00:55 but we need to leave here right now.
00:56 - And then what?
00:57 - She's growing up, dude.
00:59 Where are you going to be then?
01:01 - We're just going to be hanging here, drinking beers.
01:03 Want to join?
01:05 - People need pictures and phones to convince themselves
01:08 they even exist, but not us, because I have you,
01:13 and you have me.
01:14 - Can I come in with you?
01:20 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:23 - End of story.