A place for dreams. A place for heartbreak. A place to pick up the pieces.

Starring: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément, Hunter Carson, Tom Farrell, Bernhard Wicki

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★★☆ - near perfect

"I couldn't, Travis. I didn't have what I knew he needed. I didn't want to use him to fill up my emptiness." - Jane Henderson when asked why she left her son

Why watch this? ... it burns like the slow fire of reality centered on love & pain.

Plot Summary: Like Moses emerging from the wilderness, Travis Henderson wanders out of the sparse West Texas desert. He has been gone four years. Travis is eventually reunited with his brother who has been raising Travis' seven-year-old son, Hunter. The boy's mother, Jane, has likewise been missing. This film is a journey for a man so traumatized and wracked with guilt that his only option was to run from all he knew.

Dad's Preview: The story has many elements reminiscent of the Ford Western, The Searchers. It's opening scene is in Monument Valley. Also, like the loner, Ethan Edwards, Travis is searching, aware that he needs to face things he left unresolved. He becomes determined to find his wife. What can possibly occur if he finds her? Can either of them find peace or forgiveness? What about his son? Can things that were so horribly screwed up ever really be fixed? Harry Dean Stanton, usually a character actor, finally gets his film, and it is amazing.

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