Director Max Walker-Silverman’s acclaimed indie drama set to open July 29.
Renowned character actor Dale Dickey (Winter’s Bone, True Blood) and Oscar-winning C&I reader favorite Wes Studi are perfectly matched in A Love Song, director Max Walker-Silverman’s independently produced drama about transcending loss and late-in-life second chances. Hailed by critics when it premiered last January at the Sundance Film Festival, the Bleecker Street release will open theatrically on July 29.
What’s it all about? According to the Bleecker Street press kit: “Faye (Dickey) is a lone traveler biding her time fishing, birding and stargazing at a rural Colorado campground as she awaits the arrival of Lito (Studi), a figure from her past who is navigating his own tentative and nomadic journey across the rugged West. Like the country music that has traditionally channeled the heartbreak and resilience of Americans in search of themselves and others, A Love Song weaves a lyrical and ultimately joyful refrain out of the transformative act of being alone — and reminds us that love can nourish and mystify at any age.”
“What Walker-Silverman puts forth here,” critic Tomris Laffly wrote from Sundance, “is a peaceful, almost silent slice of Americana, one frozen in time and space with its beauty and graceful gestures, but still embellished with subtle quirks and a whimsical array of side characters. Both Dickey and Studi deliver deeply spiritual performances, harmonizing their gazes and bodily moves in an achingly restrained dance for the ages against nature’s mystical grandeur.”
Here is the trailer for A Love Song.
