Railed

We meet our main character, Sarah, as she is fleeing her Hollywood Hills home, vulnerable and afraid. Something is weighing on her mind and her boss/boyfriend Billy is apt to find out just what that may be. He follows her from her home to downtown Los Angeles’ Union Station, only to have her send him away infuriated. Further intrigued, Billy buys a ticket and jumps aboard her train at the last minute, determined to win back her love before she reaches her final destination of New York. Once aboard, things are rocky and Sarah’s chilly reception splits them apart and Billy is left alone to speculate. So he turns to the only people he has left to talk to: the other passengers on the train. They begin as strangers, yet in a short period of time, they become his confidants and share their inner most tales of love and pain. One woman talks about her marriage, her divorce, and her remarriage to the same man. A wise homeless man from Chicago imparts his stirring wisdom on the “right” way to treat a woman. Others share their secret takes on monogamy, religion or whatever else crosses their mind. Sometimes funny, sometimes tragic, but always insightful, the real life stories of the people who come across the actors’ paths form the backbone of the movie. Through carefully manipulated hidden cameras and microphones, “Railed” captures the true essence of humanity. The contrast of fact versus fiction becomes progressively unclear as we begin to learn that it is all real emotion. The words and images that paint the screen are unscripted-sometimes difficult, sometimes amusing, but always affecting. Just like life itself.