A humid summer breath hangs over a small-town funeral home in the early nineteen seventies. Here, we meet Vada Sultenfuss, a girl who counts her pulse by the prep room door, and Thomas J. Sennett, whose bicycle bell signals the start of another adventure. Vada’s world is one of satin-lined caskets and a quiet, grieving father. The film walks us through her journey from childhood hypochondria an...
