The Station Agent |link| -

So many indie films force the male and female leads into bed. The Station Agent resists. Fin and Olivia share an intense intimacy, but it is the intimacy of shared trauma, not romance. Joe loves Fin like a brother. The film argues that platonic adult friendship is not a consolation prize; it is a precious, rare victory.

A relentlessly friendly food truck owner stationed near Fin’s depot. Patricia Clarkson (Olivia Harris): the station agent