2003 · drama · romance · war
Cold Mountain
Directed by Anthony Minghella2h 34m2003
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind to tend their farm. As Inman makes his perilous journey home, Ada struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of Ruby, a mysterious drifter sent to help her by a kindly neighbor.
Our read: Cold Mountain (2003) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · romance · war entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
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