

Annie Nations and her husband Hector loved their life together in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but when Hector dies, Annie has to decide if she can handle the wilderness on her own.
Acting
Tandy and Cronyn's real-life chemistry hits different
Cinematography
Blue Ridge Mountains as character, not backdrop
Writing
Annie's monologues to Hector's ghost

Director
Jud Taylor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tandy and Cronyn were married 52 years; this was their final on-screen pairing before his death in 2003.
Based on the 1980 play by Susan Cooper and Hume Cronyn, who adapted his own Appalachian family history.