''Sironia'' is a drama film directed by

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and starring

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, Wes Cunningham,

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and

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. It was shot on location in

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and

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Plot

Inspired by the music of singer-songwriter Wes Cunningham, Sironia is the story of a talented musician who has been chewed up and spit out by the Hollywood music machine. Frustrated by his broken career, Thomas Fisher and his wife Molly impulsively pack up and move to small town Sironia, Texas to live a more authentic life and raise their first child near Molly's brother and his family. Despite the change of scenery, Thomas's deep resentment over his lost dreams gets the best of him as he struggles to find peace with his stalled career, until he remembers what he loved about music - and Molly - in the first place.

Cast

as Molly Fisher *

as Grace *

as Barbara *

as Chad *

Jeremy Sisto Jeremy Merton Sisto (born October 6, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Billy Chenowith in HBO's '' Six Feet Under'', NYPD Detective Cyrus Lupo in NBC's '' Law & Order'', George Altman in the ABC sitcom ''Suburgatory'', fo ...

as Tucker *

as Aubrey * Wes Cunningham as Thomas Fisher *

Ryan Cartwright Ryan Cartwright (born 14 March 1981) is an English actor. Early life Cartwright was born on 14 March 1981 in Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands. He has an older brother, Che Cartwright, who is also an actor. Career He began acting with the ...

as Nick *

John Billingsley John Billingsley (, born May 20, 1960) is an American actor best known for his role as Doctor Phlox on the television series ''Star Trek: Enterprise''. Early life and education Billingsley was born in Media, Pennsylvania, and subsequently live ...

as Doug *

Courtney Ford Courtney Braden Ford is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on television, such as playing Christine Hill on ''Dexter (TV series), Dexter'' (2009), Portia Bellefleur on ''True Blood'' (2011), Lily on ''Parenthood (2010 TV serie ...

as Amanda *

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as Mason Jones *

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as Danica

Release

''Sironia'' premiered at the 2011

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in October 2011.

Awards

* Audience Award Winner, 2011 Austin Film Festival Festival

References

External links

* * * {{Rotten Tomatoes, sironia_2012
Slackerwood.com review
2011 films American drama films American independent films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films