Meek's Cutoff

Striking cinematography dots this realistic, artsy, slow-paced, factually inspired film in which three tenacious pioneer couples (Michelle Williams/Will Patton, Shirley Henderson/Neal Huff, and Zoe Kazan/Paul Dano) and a young boy (Tommy Nelson) come to doubt the intentions of their overconfident guide (Bruce Greenwood) while traveling in covered wagons on a grueling, dangerous, monotonous journey through the Cascade Mountains and high desert in 1845 on the Oregon Trail where they encounter severe drought, wagon mishaps, hunger and thirst, and a solitary Indian (Rod Rondeaux) whom the scared travelers want to trust.
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