Echo Park (1985)
Release Year: 1985
Nation: Austria, United States
Alternative Title: N/A
Director: Robert Dornhelm
Writer: Michael Ventura, Robert Dornhelm
Summary
Echo Park (1986), directed by Robert Dornhelm, is a comedy-drama set in the titular Los Angeles neighborhood where everybody seems to have aspirations beyond their current circumstances. The film centers around May, a single mother and aspiring actress who works as a singing telegram stripper and rents out rooms in her apartment to make ends meet. Her roommates are Jonathan, an aspiring songwriter with a day job delivering pizzas, and August, an Austrian bodybuilder pursuing his dreams of fame. The movie explores themes of ambition, love triangles, and the struggle for success while dealing with everyday life's realities.
