Roadside Attractions has released a new trailer and poster for Hard Luck Love Song, an upcoming drama that’s part-love story and part-crime thriller. Mixing neo-noir aesthetics with a Western feel, Hard Luck Love Song is inspired by "Just Like Old Times," a song by acclaimed Americana singer/songwriter Todd Snider. The film starring Michael Dorman and Sophia Bush will premiere in theaters on October 15.

The trailer introduces us to Jesse (Dorman), a broken man who spends his days drinking too much, sleeping in hotel rooms by the side of the road, and making money by playing pool in dirty bars. More than often, Jesse’s ill-temper leads him to confront other people looking for trouble in the night, but the man also has a soft side that remembers a better time and dreams about a brighter future.

Carrying his guitar wherever he goes, Jesse gets caught in a chaotic reignition of an old flame when he reencounters Carla (Bush), a woman who will force him to rethink his place in the world.

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Image via Roadside Attractions

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Directed by Justin Corsbie from a screenplay he wrote with Craig Ugoretz, Hard Luck Love Song's cast includes Dermot Mulroney, Brian Sacca, Melora Walters, Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts, and hip-hop icon RZA.

After premiering at the Austin Film Festival on October 24, 2020, Hard Luck Love Song hits theaters this October 15. Check out the new trailer and poster below:

Here’s Hard Luck Love Song’s synopsis:

A crime thriller wrapped inside a haunting love story wrapped inside a neo-noir western,' Hard Luck Love Song follows Jesse (Michael Dorman), a charismatic but down on his luck troubadour hustling pool in dive bars, living out of cheap motels and making bad decisions. Jesse finds himself at an existential crossroads during a chance encounter with Carla (Bush), an old flame, as their complicated past and current troubles threaten to destroy their blissful reunion. Hard Luck Love Song captures a fractured optimism where characters navigate the choppy waters of life, searching for their 'own kind of American Dream.’

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