Directed by:
Lance EdmandsScreenplay:
Lance EdmandsCinematography:
Jody Lee LipesCast:
Amy Morton, John Slattery, Louisa Krause, Emily Meade, Margo Martindale, Adam Driver, Brandon Wardwell, J. Kenneth Campbell, Patrick Murney (more)Plots(1)
Lesley, who lives with her husband and daughter in a small American town, leads a lacklustre life. But all that changes after her shift one day when she forgets to check the school bus she uses to drive kids to school from every part of town. One day after a freezing night her life is turned upside down: on one of the back seats she finds a half-dead child who was trapped all night in the cold bus. When a trial convenes to determine Lesley’s level of responsibility, the depressing situation starts to show in the behavior of her withdrawn husband and her little girl. With its stark lensing, the film offers a barely hospitable look at the inhabitants of a small-town community symbolically set in a frosty winter landscape. Debut director Lance Edmands captures the townspeople in all their variety, avoiding a superficially negative portrayal. The film boasts unusually strong performances and an ambiently oppressive atmosphere. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Amy Morton
USA
Best movies:
Falling Down (1993)
8MM (1999)
Up in the Air (2009)
John Slattery
USA
Best movies:
Sleepers (1996)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Traffic (2000)
Louisa Krause
USA
Best movies:
Dark Waters (2019)
Taking Woodstock (2009)
Jane Wants a Boyfriend (2015)
Emily Meade
USA
Best movies:
Trial by Fire (2018)
Silver Tongues (2011)
Nerve (2016)
Margo Martindale
USA
Best movies:
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
The Hours (2002)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Adam Driver
USA
Best movies:
The Last Duel (2021)
Marriage Story (2019)
You Don't Know Jack (2010) (TV movie)
Brandon Wardwell
Best movies:
Beneath the Harvest Sky (2013)
Bluebird (2013)
J. Kenneth Campbell
USA
Best movies:
The Abyss (1989)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
The Changeling (1980)
Patrick Murney
Best movies:
The Irishman (2019)
Seven Seconds (2018) (series)
James White (2015)
Parisa Fitz-Henley
Jamaica
Best movies:
Jack of the Red Hearts (2015)
The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
My Spy (2020)
Christopher McCann
USA
Best movies:
The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (1997) (TV movie)
God's Pocket (2014)