Park City had another crowd-pleasing premiere on Sunday with Adam Meeks’ “Union County,” which earned a lengthy standing ovation following its screening at the Eccles Theater.
The drama, which stars Will Poulter and Noah Centineo as brothers who are in drug recovery together, was shot in a real-life drug court in Ohio. Many of their co-stars were non-actors who were working the program itself.
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The biggest cheers from the Sundance Film Festival crowd came for Annette Deao, who works as a therapist helping people navigate addiction recovery in real life. Deao has several emotional moments opposite Poulter.
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