"Wendy and Lucy," will begin screening at the Admiral Theater this Friday, April 17, and one of the films featured stars will be on hand to discuss it the next day.

Walter Dalton, one of the actors in the hit independent film, will attend the screening of the movie at the Admiral Theater's 7 p.m. show April 18 to conduct a Q&A with the audience immediately after the show.

The film, a favorite at the Cannes Film Festival, has won many awards at several movie festivals, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Michelle Williams ("Brokeback Mountain") as well as for the writer and director, Kelley Reichardt, ("Old Joy").

Critics have paid high accolades to the film saying;

"'Wendy and Lucy' may emerge as the best performance of the year. Among the loveliest films at Cannes," said Amy Taubin, Film Comment.

"Registers the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest with unostentatious affection," wrote A.O. Scott, NY Times.

Millions of people in North America are just one paycheck or mishap away from being flat broke. Wendy Carroll (Michelle Williams) is one of those people, which is why she is planning to move to Alaska with her dog Lucy to get a lucrative job in a fish cannery.

She gets as far as Oregon before her sad wreck of a car breaks down. The prospects of being able to fix it do not seem hopeful. It gets worse when she loses Lucy while stuck in a small town.

On her ensuing quest to find Lucy and get her car fixed, Wendy crosses paths with an assortment of people.

According to a press release, the real story behind the film: to make us see this young woman, to attend to her present predicament; three days and nights stranded in a small Oregon town and to wonder about her perilous future. And, maybe to find a reason to hope, on her behalf but on ours too, because, of course, we're all just passing through.

Dalton plays a kind-hearted security guard who tries to help Wendy in her struggles in town. He said the experience working with the director and Williams was one of the highlights in his career.

"Working with Michelle was a delight," said Dalton in the release. "She was going through a rough break-up with Heath during the filming and it was easy for her to play lonely. An actor rises or falls with the actors you work with. When you work with her you know it. She put a hole in me with her emotion and artistry."

The Ballard actor has starred in many feature films and such TV series as, "Hollywood Wives," "The Fugitive," "Northern Exposure" and many others. He is currently finishing a romantic comedy set in Port Townsend.

The movie starts at the Admiral Theater on April 17 and runs through April 23.