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Directed by Sam McConnell, USA, 111 minutes

Set in the world of amateur bodybuilding, the film follows small-town dreamer Eddie (Brock Yurich, also making his feature screenwriting debut) as he pursues his obsession with physical perfection and a future in competitive bodybuilding. Living with his emotionally demanding mother (Tony nominee Tammy Blanchard) and working as a cam model to support his training, he channels his emotional turmoil into relentless discipline of the body. When he begins working with a trusted coach Mike (Mike Edward) and reconnects with an old love (Paloma Garcia-Lee). Eddie starts to imagine a more hopeful future. But his focus is thrown off course by an unexpected queer awakening that destabilizes everything he thought he knew about himself. Burdened by religious guilt and the influence of his pastor (Matthew Morrison of Glee) alongside his mother’s struggles, Eddie must reconcile ambition with emotional truth as he approaches his most important competition yet.