
Overview
A modern gothic tale of crime and redemptionWhen a young, unidentified woman is found dead by the lake - the victim of a brutal and violent crime - Walter, an aging small town police officer (Peter Stormare), is called to the scene of the town's first murder investigation in decades.Haunted by his past, and hampered by the mistrust of the community and a state police officer overseeing the investigation, he sets out to solve the murder, complicated by his ex-lover (Jill Hennessy) and his suspicion of her current boyfriend. As he delves deeper into the crime, his newly-reformed life begins to unravel threatening his relationship with Sam (Martha Plimpton) and intertwining itself within the investigation and possibly the murder itself.An official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival & Miami International Film Festival.
REVIEWS
"HAUNTING... TOTALLY CAPTIVATING" - HUFFINGTON POST"A RARE FILM. COSMOLOGICALLY PROFOUND"- VARIETY"EERILY BEAUTIFUL. EVOKING THE COEN BROTHERS."- SCREEN DAILY"SWEEPS YOU OFF YOUR FEET FROM THE OPENING CREDITS. A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT." - QUITE EARTH"A MUST-SEE FRESH TAKE ON CRIME AND REDEMPTION" - TORONTO STAR"A MAGNIFICENT CRIME DRAMA"- CITY TV"PETER STORMARE TURNS IN A SUBDUDE BUT OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE. 'SMALL TOWN MURDER SONGS' IS A FANTASTIC CHARACTER STUDY WITH SUPERB PERFORMANCES AND A CRISPLY PACED STORY" - MIAMI NEW TIMES