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Northern shade (2023)

Northern shade poster
Original title
Northern Shade
Directed by
Christopher Rucinski
Genre
drama, crime, thriller
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
NR
Rating
2.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In rural Montana, a man grapples with his past while caring for his aging father. The film follows his quiet struggle between duty and personal freedom.

intimateearnestslow-burngroundedcharacter-drivenbittersweetcontemplativeunderstated

What happens

Northern Shade is a 2022 independent feature film. It stars Jesse Gavin, Titania Galliher, Joseph Poliquin, Alejandro Bravo and Romano Orzari. The film premiered at the Phoenix Film Festival, where it won Best Screenplay. It also won Best Actor for Gavin at the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival, Best Narrative Feature and Best Actor for Gavin at the Fargo Film Festival, Best Feature at the Poppy Jasper Film Festival, Best Feature, 2nd Runner Up at the Woods Hole Film Festival, and Best Drama Feature, Best Actor for Gavin at the Legacy Theatre Film Festival. It is the feature directorial and screenwriting debut of Christopher Rucinski. Rucinski has editorial credits for Ford v Ferrari, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and War for the Planet of the Apes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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