One fence. Two men. A lifetime of silence finally cracking open.
After sustaining a bad injury, a stubborn retired sheriff must learn to talk with his estranged son as they build a fence together or risk losing the relationship.
Acting
Doug Burch's gruff silence says paragraphs.
Direction
Doepken lets awkward silences breathe like characters.
Director
Moriah Doepken
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The fence-as-metaphor is ancient, but the film reportedly uses actual ranch fencing techniques as character development—each post placement mirrors their conversational progress.
Doug Burch and Connor Noyes reportedly did their own fence-building after a two-week crash course with a Montana rancher, and their real blisters made it into the final cut.
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