The Hi-Line (1999)
Directed by Ron Judkins
Genres - Drama, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Family Drama, Road Movie, Romantic Drama |
Release Date - May 5, 2000 (USA - Limited), May 5, 2000 (USA) |
Run Time - 95 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Mark Deming
Award-winning soundman Ron Judkins makes his directorial debut in this drama about family ties and how they can unravel. Vera (Rachel Leigh Cook) is a young woman with little in the way of ambitions or goals who still lives with her parents, Clyde and Laura (Stuart Margolin and Margot Kidder), in a remote city in Montana. One day Sam (Ryan Alosio) arrives in town, claiming to be interviewing prospective employees for a discount store soon to be built in town. However, it quickly becomes obvious that Sam is telling a tale, and we discover the real reason he's in town. A man Sam once knew who just died in prison gave him a letter, saying he fathered a daughter named Vera, who was given away shortly after her birth to a man named Clyde. When Clyde and Laura admit they are not Vera's birth parents, Vera and Sam head out in search of Vera's biological mother. The Hi-Line was shown in competition at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.
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family-secrets, search, illegitimate-child, secrets, adoption, ambition, salesperson