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The story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny’s rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey, a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina, Humpty’s long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father’s apartment.

The neon glow of a 1950s Coney Island boardwalk provides a frantic, dizzying backdrop for this messy collision of broken hearts and desperate impulses. It trades traditional cinematic polish for a raw, unvarnished look at how people cling to one another in the middle of a carnival whirlwind.

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