Slinger came home from war. But the battle isn’t over. AMERICAN SOLITAIRE stars Joshua Close (WAYWARD, FARGO) as a veteran unraveling in the aftermath of combat, adrift in a country that celebrates guns but has little language for the damage they leave behind. Written and directed by Aaron Davidman, the film is a raw, urgent portrait of one man’s journey back to himself.
The film examines the hidden costs of military service – PTSD, reintegration, and the psychological toll of combat – while confronting how masculinity, identity, and notions of safety have become entangled with America’s relationship with firearms.
At its heart, AMERICAN SOLITAIRE is about the cost of a culture that glorifies violence, creating space for viewers of all perspectives to question assumptions about strength, responsibility, and what it truly means to protect and heal.
