Ode

Ode

NR 2010 · 51 min · ★ 6.8 · Drama

"Tallahatchie Bridge": With those two simple words, the powerful images of a lost innocence, a murky river and a mysterious suicide spring to mind. Scorning the demands of her overbearing family, Bobbie Lee Hartley and Billy Joe McAllister meet at their usual Choctaw Ridge trysting place and attempt to consumate their forbidden love. Ode attempts to reconcile modern moralites with a tradition-bound faith, and asks whether it's possible to commit a sin against a religion that won't even have you as a member.

Directed by Kelly Reichardt · Written by Kelly Reichardt

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Cast

Heather Gottlieb Bobbie Lee
Kevin Poole Billy Joe
Jon Wurster James
Jim Wiley Reverend Hartley
Bonnie Johnson Mrs. Hartley
Bill Mooney Father McGuire
Matt Neal Fair Guy
Martin Baucom Rude Passerby
Michelle J. Moore Billie Joe's Mom
Terry Bisson Narrator (voice)

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