A hauntingly beautiful, willfully obtuse fable written by twin brothers Mark and Michael Polish, starring Mark and directed by Michael. 1955: 48 hours before a newly constructed hydroelectric dam floods a sparsely populated Montana plain, six professional evacuators are dispatched to make sure a handful of stragglers in small-town Northfork abandon their homes. Matt and Marvin (Joshuin Barker, Graham Beckel) are assigned the Youngs (Julie Macalister, Josh Olson), a couple so amorous that even the thought of drowning can't disentangle them. Arnold and Eddie (John Gries, Peter Coyote) must uproot an older man who backs up his vehement refusal with a shotgun. And father...
Released:
2003
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
103 mins