Garden State

A melancholic indie romance about emotional numbness and reconnection, where a depressed man returns home and finds tentative hope through friendship and love amid grief and pharmaceutical uncertainty.

Andrew returns to his hometown for his mother’s funeral, a journey that reconnects him with old friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam—a girl also struggling with various maladies—opens up the possibility of rekindling emotional connections, confronting his psychologist father, and perhaps beginning a new life.