A teacher's fragile new happiness shatters when an innocent lie unleashes a gritty, bleak small-town witch hunt.
Suspenseful and melancholy. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy (free), Hoopla (free), The Roku Channel (free), Fandango at Home (free) and Tubi (free).
Moderate sex and nudity, and strong violence, about what an R should carry.
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A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
No. Brace yourself.
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