The feature debut of writer/director Adam Hoelzel, Tender sees a married couple discover a possible solution to their financial woes hidden within the walls of their new home. But the discovery threatens to destroy their relationship as greed and paranoia take over.
The film stars Jesse Garcia, Jess Weixler, Robert Longstreet, David Koechner, Sonja O'Hara, Shakira Barrera, Mark St. Cyr, Stephen Ellis, Robert Peters, Alexander Cubis and Keli Price.
"This film explores how desperation can rot a relationship from the inside out," says Hoelzel. "We were interested in the psychological unraveling — the way fear and greed distort perception until love starts to feel like a trap."
Tender makes its world premiere at Dances With Films in Los Angeles on June 28th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
After inheriting a modest house in a dying town, Billie and Mick believe they’ve finally found stability, until crushing debt, old resentments, and a shocking discovery buried within their walls threaten to tear them apart. As the couple is forced into a dangerous alliance to protect their future, Tender becomes a darkly intimate portrait of marriage under pressure, where love, money, and survival blur into something grotesque.
