Take Me to the River
A slow-burn family drama that uses a cryptic encounter to unearth buried secrets and tensions within a Midwestern clan, balancing intimacy with unease.
A naive California teen plans to remain above the fray at his Nebraskan family reunion, but a strange encounter places him at the center of a long-buried family secret.
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