great depression · john steinbeck · literary adaptation · tragic friendship · american dream · 1930s california · migrant workers · mental disability · ensemble cast · melancholic
Dust swirls in the golden afternoon light as two figures trudge along the Salinas River bank. George Milton wipes his brow, his small frame tense, while Lennie Small, a giant of a man, watches him with pale, trusting eyes. The scent of water and sage hangs heavy. George turns to you, his voice low. "You looking for work too?"