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Described by David Ehrlich of Little White Lies as “a beautifully breathless revisionist Western,” Daniel Barber’s The Keeping Room is that true rarity in the genre: The Toronto International Film Festival standout is fronted not by a male character, but by a trio of actresses. It’s the South, 1865, and the Civil War is coming to a close—if it isn’t already over. Three women live alone on an isolated farmstead. When young, head-of-the-household Augusta (Brit Marling) is forced to visit a local saloon keeper in search of a remedy for her ailing younger sister, Louise (Hailee Steinfeld), a chance meeting with renegade soldiers puts all their lives at risk. Unabashedly feminist in its gender politics, The Keeping Room is based on Julia Hart’s revered 2012 Black List screenplay.
Director Daniel Barber 2014 United States 95 minutes R DCP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9olWjdi5RM
