Lake Los Angeles

After crossing into the U.S. with no family to speak of, young Cecilia finds herself in the charge of Francisco, a lonely Cuban immigrant who operates a way station for border crossers.

The third part of Mike Ott's "Antelope Valley Trilogy" is a poetic study of loneliness and exile. Lake Los Angeles brilliantly captures the arid and desolate landscapes of this remote part of southern California in the service of a haunting meditation on the dark side of the American Dream.