The read
It runs a compact 51m.
Synopsis
"Tallahatchie Bridge": With those two simple words, the powerful images of a lost innocence, a murky river and a mysterious suicide spring to mind. Scorning the demands of her overbearing family, Bobbie Lee Hartley and Billy Joe McAllister meet at their usual Choctaw Ridge trysting place and attempt to consumate their forbidden love. Ode attempts to reconcile modern moralites with a tradition-bound faith, and asks whether it's possible to commit a sin against a religion that won't even have you as a member.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Kelly ReichardtDirector
- Kelly ReichardtWriter
Cast
- Heather GottliebBobbie Lee
- Kevin PooleBilly Joe
- Jon WursterJames
- Jim WileyReverend Hartley
- Bonnie JohnsonMrs. Hartley
- Bill MooneyFather McGuire
- Matt NealFair Guy
- Martin BaucomRude Passerby
- Michelle J. MooreBillie Joe's Mom
- Terry BissonNarrator (voice)
Stills
Themes
woman directorshort film