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Denver writer and director on new ‘breakup’ film

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Couple embracing in film "Breakup Season"
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Actors Samantha Isler and Chandler Riggs embracing in new film “Breakup Season.”

You can expect that a film called "Breakup Season" may involve some heartbreak, and it remains faithful to that storyline. But the new feature film by H. Nelson Tracey, who grew up in Denver, is also about family bonds and some family dysfunction, too. The film, now on streaming services like Amazon and Apple TV, begins when a young couple arrives at the boyfriend’s home in rural La Grande, Oregon for the holidays and their relationship quickly unravels. We speak with the Denver-born writer and director about why he chose to locate the film in rural Oregon, his views on the loss of arthouse movie theaters and what comes next.