The read
It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
Carl and Jessie are half siblings who feel trapped by the existential and economic pressures of living in the small mining town of Canaan, Ohio. Their shared rebellion soon takes on the form of an illicit love affair depicted in interwoven sequences of lusty poeticism and ethnographic vérité. When Jessie becomes pregnant, the tension between the couple’s youthful vitality and the dire realities of rural society leads to consequences both despairing and hopeful.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
42 audience votes
Key crew
- Joseph L. AndersonDirector
- Joseph L. AndersonScreenplay
- Franklin MillerScreenplay
- Doug RappScreenplay
Cast
- Larue HallJessie
- Ted HeimerdingerCarl
- Marjorie JohnsonMae
- John CrawfordVirgil
- Betty Ann ParadyDonna
- Mary CassRose
- Ron ParadyTom
- Bob JonesJacob
- David AyresLou
- Jon WebbFrank
- Miles GibbonsGeorge
- Art StifelHoward
Stills
Themes
small townsibling relationshipmelancholyohiofamily relationshipsincest1960sunplanned pregnancy