Back Roads

Back Roads

2019101 min5.8 / 10

A dark, intimate family drama set in rural poverty that explores trauma, duty, and moral compromise through the lens of a young man trapped between protecting his sisters and pursuing his own desires.

A young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a married woman, long-dormant family secrets bubble to the surface.

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