“He truly is of royal blood, and he’s still clinging to that notion after all these years. And certainly, we as filmmakers are saying, the blood is not enough, but the character is.”

Spending time with people who live there over the years, I picked up this sense of hope in the air that clung to me, that told me dreams could come true in L.A.

It’s also sparked tension between old-timers clinging to their neighborhood’s middle-class roots and other city residents who embrace the coast as an urban oasis.

Atlee was consumed by the waters, but Nemcova managed to cling to a palm tree for eight hours before she was rescued.

Suddenly, the movie claims that clinging to your principles — something Tóth does over and over with painful results — will eventually result in magnificent art, although it doesn’t give us any reason for that optimism.