Zeen_Atoms
The Addiction of Hope, starring Anne-Marie Johnson, is a story about choices. Anne-Marie's character, Jo Stock, is an aging out of work actress drowning in an industry that tends to overlook women past the age of 30. The film highlights the idea that women in Hollywood are viewed as a perishable commodity rather than being appreciated for the artists that they are. In the midst of this bludgeoned horse of lessons Jo's family carries onward in the peripheral of Jo's life until Jo's sister, Lynnie (Harley Jane Kozak), gets sick with cancer. Jo finds herself traveling from the bustling city of LA to visit her sister Lynnie in the serenity of North Western Washington State. As Jo reconnects with her sister and two nephews, they find unresolved ...