The 90-minute film spotlights something rarely seen on screen: Young love unfolding in everyday D.C.
The plot: Two twenty-somethings meet on Metro — Ryan, a newly single local, meets Julisa, an L.A. grad student stranded without her phone.
They wander the city — Martin's Tavern, the Tidal Basin — and take a crash course in love, identity and growing up.
The intrigue: Writer-director Carter Ward, a D.C. area native, calls it a "love letter" to the city — meant to counter its portrayal as a backdrop for "politics, corruption and scandal."
The bottom line: Young love may not last, but Metro's winning streak continues.
