In the menacing inferno of the old North-American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a vengeful preacher for a crime she didn’t commit.
Acting
Guy Pearce's Reverend is pure sanctified evil.
Direction
Koolhoven's chapter structure weaponizes time itself.
Sound
The score makes church bells sound like death knells.
Director
Martin Koolhoven
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Koolhoven inverted the Western by making the frontier itself a malevolent force against women, not a space of masculine freedom.
The 30-minute opening with zero dialogue wasn't in the script — Fanning's performance was so physically expressive they stripped the words away.
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