Palo Alto Trailer

April (Emma Roberts) is a shy young girl attending high school in Palo Alto, California. While she has an unrequited crush on Teddy (Jack Kilmer), a flirtatious relationship with her soccer coach, Mr. B (James Franco) is steadily developing into something more physical and altogether more dangerous. At the same time, in the same town, a girl named Emily (Zoe Levin) is the polar opposite of April. Emily indulges in sexual interactions with Teddy and his friend Fred (Nat Wolff) who are themselves engaging in acts of juvenile destruction. But as the kids are forced together as their paths collide, questions arise about the nature of love, lust, boredom, and recklessness in the modern youth culture. 

In the directorial and screenwriting debut of Gia Coppola ('The Godfather: Part 3'), 'Palo Alto' is based on the short story collection by James Franco ('127 Hours', 'Spiderman') who also stars. The film also features Val Kilmer ('Top Gun', 'Batman Forever'), Keegan Allen ('Pretty Little Liars'), Chris Messina ('Vicky Cristina Barcelona') and Margaret Qualley in her debut feature performance. The film was premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in August, 2013, before appearing at the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival in the same year. It was the released in the US in May 2014, and will see a UK release in October of the same year.