Sweet Virginia

Sweet Virginia

201794 min5.9 / 10

A neo-noir thriller about a faded rodeo performer drawn into a web of violence, adultery, and moral ambiguity in a small town, where past and present collide with lethal consequences.

A former rodeo star, now a motel manager, meets a young man who is responsible for the violence that suddenly has seized his small town.

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