2005 · drama · western · romance
Down in the Valley
Directed by David Jacobson1h 52m2005
On a trip to the beach, a teenage girl named Tobe meets a charismatic stranger named Harlan, who dresses like a cowboy and claims to be a former ranch hand. The pair feel an instant attraction and begin a relationship, but her father, a lawman, is suspicious of her lover.
Our read: Down in the Valley (2005) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · western · romance entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / western, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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