‘Cash for Gold’: Out of Darkness Into Light

Writer, co-director, and leading lady Deborah Puette’s labor of love is a major winner.

A Muslim father and son own a pawn shop in Minnesota, in "Cash for Gold." Freestyle Digital Media

NR | 1h 32m | Drama | 2025

Playing out like an Angel Studios or Lifetime TV drama cross-pollinated with a bold art-house character study, “Cash for Gold” takes quite a few narrative gambles along the way and wins most of them. Based on the 2013 eight-minute short film of the same name, the movie is a labor of love for writer, co-director, and leading lady Deborah Puette.