Sundance 2015 | NEXT screens Matt Sobel's TAKE ME TO THE RIVER

SYNOPSIS

A Nebraskan family reunion couldn’t seem more backwards to a Californian teenager. If Ryder (Logan Miller, THE BLING RING) had his way, he’d choose a moment just like this to show his conservative relatives his true colors, the bigger the scene the better. For his mother’s sake however, Ryder agrees to keep quiet, save parading around the picnic in his most audacious pair of short-shorts. Ryder’s antics raise dubious eyebrows from his hardened cowboy relatives, but 9-year-old Molly (Ursula Parker, "Louie") can’t get enough. She follows her cool California cousin everywhere. After lunch, they walk to the barn to look for a bird’s nest in the rafters.

Their strange encounter, and whatever happened while the two escaped their family’s watchful eyes, makes Ryder the sudden target of suspicion, and places him at the center of a long buried family secret. 

Anchored by a breakthrough performance by Logan Miller as Ryder and rich, dramatic turns by Robin Weigert ("Deadwood") and Josh Hamilton (KICKING AND SCREAMING), TAKE ME TO THE RIVER constantly forces one to question any given character's culpability until the film's finale. The film is woven together by an omnipresent sense of dread -- the masterful debut from writer/director Matt Sobel.

CAST

Logan Miller, Robin Weigert, Josh Hamilton, Ursula Parker, Richard Schiff, Azura Skye

TRT: 84 minutes

Country: USA

Language: English

SCREENINGS

Premiere Screening -- Monday, January 26th @8:30pm (Library Theatre)

Public Screening -- Tuesday, January 27th @8:30am (Prospector Square Theatre)

P&I Screening -- Tuesday, January 27th @4:00pm (Holiday Village 4)

Public Screening -- Friday, January 30th @3:30pm (Redstone 1)