2017 · mystery · drama
Buster's Mal Heart
Directed by Sarah Adina Smith1h 36m2017
An eccentric mountain man on the run from the local sheriff recalls the mysterious events that brought him to his present fugitive state.
Our read: Buster's Mal Heart (2017) reads as a sombre, measured, surreal mystery · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured mystery / drama, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- surreal
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