Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 154 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom, Romania, Italy
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind to tend their farm. As Inman makes his perilous journey home, Ada struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of Ruby, a mysterious drifter sent to help her by a kindly neighbor.
- civil war
- love of one's life
- loss of loved one
- desertion
- north carolina
- rape attempt
- somber
- early america
- intimate
- complicated
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Brendan Gleeson — Stobrod Thewes
- Philip Seymour Hoffman — Reverend Veasey
- Natalie Portman — Sara
- Giovanni Ribisi — Junior
- Donald Sutherland — Reverend Monroe
- Ray Winstone — Teague
- Kathy Baker — Sally Swanger
- James Gammon — Esco Swanger
- Charlie Hunnam — Bosie
- Jack White — Georgia
- Ethan Suplee — Pangle
- Directed
- Anthony Minghella
- Written
- Anthony Minghella
Production
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 2,003 ratings
- Studio
- Miramax, Mirage Enterprises, Castel Film, Cattleya, Bona Fide Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
