When filmmaker Aaron Strand , originally from Athens, asked his mother-in-law to borrow her rental property between tenants to shoot his independent film, she didn’t know he would scrawl graffiti on the walls, mar the carpet with fake vomit or transform it into the pad of a couple dependent on heroin.
Strand, whose debut film “Withdrawal” sold out its upcoming world premiere at the Atlanta Film Festival April 30, prompting the festival to add a second screening May 4, returned his mother-in-law’s home in pristine condition once he was through filming. But for a while, it was unrecognizable.
