When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds begins to unearth an unsettling number of long-buried secrets in his Texas border town…
Hailed as a milestone of ‘90s independent cinema and meticulous in its intricacy, Sayles’ masterful film features an impressive ensemble cast (including Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Matthew McConaughey, plus Kris Kristofferson) and quietly subverts US national myth-making to lay bare the fault lines of life at the border.
Stoically independent visionary filmmaker John Sayles’ Academy Award-nominated neo-Western mystery is essential viewing on the big screen.