The beauty of the land cannot mask the brutality of a farm town. As harvest draws near, Betty confronts a terrifying new reality and will go to desperate lengths to save her family when they are threatened with being forced from their land.
Acting
Joanne Kelly's trembling resolve — every micro-expression screams unspoken calculations.
Cinematography
Kentucky farmland shot like a crime scene: gorgeous and guilty.
Direction
Kimberly Levin's debut renders pesticide as elegant horror.
Director
Kimberly Levin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lead actress Joanne Kelly learned to operate actual agricultural equipment and spent weeks living with Kentucky farming families.
One of the rare films to treat pesticide drift as both environmental violence and slow-motion murder — released years before 'forever chemicals' became household terminology.
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