IFC Films has unveiled a trailer for the dramatic film Ain’t Them Bodies Saints from writer/director David Lowery. The film won over audiences at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize and earned the Cinematography Award as well as the Indian Paintbrush Producer’s Award, so it’s a bit surprising IFC has settled on an August 16, 2013 release date rather than one later in the year during awards season.
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints stars Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, and Keith Carradine.
The Plot: Bob Muldoon (Affleck) and Ruth Guthrie (Mara), an impassioned young outlaw couple on an extended crime spree, are finally apprehended by lawmen after a shootout in the Texas hills. Although Ruth wounds a local officer, Bob takes the blame. But four years later, Bob escapes from prison and sets out to find Ruth and their daughter, born during his incarceration.
Set against the backdrop of 1970’s Texas Hill Country, director Lowery paints a poetic picture, evoking the mythology of westerns and saturating the dramatic space with an aching sense of loss.
