The filmmakers of Peak Season explore the generation entering their 30s
Peak Season releases only exclusively in theaters on the first Friday of August, and a sneak clip shows the film's two leads: Claudia Restrepo and Derrick DeBlasis. The two are sharing a walk together after outdoor adventures providing us with details and understanding of this independent drama about two people forming a connection that turns platonic relationship.
Peak Season filmmakers Steven Kantor and Henry Loevner brings a peak into a newly engaged couple Amy (Restrepo) and Max (The End of Us' Ben Coleman) who arrive in Wyoming for a summer vacation. When Max gets call in to spend a week working, it leaves Amy to vacay alone until she finds a friend in Loren who she is drawn to magnetically.
The film opens in a picturesque rustic, small town in the middle of nowhere introducing Loren (DeBlasis), a local guide and fishing instructor of the resort. Our first impression of Loren which is shown in the first few minutes of the film is a freewheeler who lives the gig-economy bohemian life. In the next scene, we're introduced to Amy (Restrepo) and Max (Coleman) who live the life opposite of Loren's free-spirited lifestyle.
The film addresses both styles of living while injecting the ''what if?'' question we all face and come to terms with when approaching 30 or as we enter our 30s. In eleven minutes of Peak Season, we get a close peek at Max and Amy's relationship. It is an authentic performance when the two arrive in the resort town.
Peak Season is the humane storytelling about two kindle spirits who meet to form a platonic connection until that budding fling ends. However, Peak Season is more of a love story but a generational commentary for those who are (or about) to enter their thirties.
The remaining seconds of Peak Season end in a bittersweet way, that feels relevant to today's pressure on this generation to fit and form to expectations.