![]() So when he said yes I knew we were going to be in a good place.”Īt first glance, this film centres around the simple concept of family looking out for family. asked him to read it and, he's no dummy, he knows a great screenplay when he reads it. “I knew it was a great script, so I had it sent to Kevin. “Watching them go through their ways of healing from grief and this road trip that they're on and where it leads – I just thought it was a page turner. “My character decides that she's going to intervene on behalf of her grandson because she witnesses him experiencing violence at the hands of the new family that he's living with. “Where the plot takes them eventually is almost a different movie, which I found very intriguing,” says Lane. “So, you're dealing with a very poignant internal experience, but the external experience that comes at them is more than they could ever prepare for in a way.”Ī journey of hope, the bereaved couple set out to ensure the safety of their grandson, after their widowed daughter-in-law remarries into a family with a murky reputation. And, at the same time, they're given this golden opportunity to have a quest to save their grandson – which is the ultimate homage to their deceased son. “They want to heal their hearts from the loss of their son. In some ways it's more European than American. “As Kevin Costner said, ‘it's an honest movie' – versus a fairy-tale. “It's kind of a road-trip movie with a long-term relationship that's going through something very intense,” says Lane. Written and directed by Thomas Bezucha (Monte Carlo/The Family Stone), the adaptation of Larry Watson's novel sees Lane (55), best known for her roles in Unfaithful and Justice League, star alongside Academy Award winner and The Bodyguard actor, Kevin Costner (65).Ī plotline that combines classic Western elements with an altogether darker undercurrent, the film, set in the depths of Montana, sees Costner take on the role of retired sheriff George Blackledge, with Lane stepping into the shoes of his wife, Margaret. Tribalism is, in essence, the key ingredient that makes Let Him Go so relevant to today's audiences. “This pandemic has brought out the best and the worst in people and, you know, we need to help each other and find common ground and cease and desist from making enemies.” “Who knew how confronted we would be by, as you say, tribalism these days,” remarks actress Diane Lane. It's also the very premise upon which new feature-length domestic thriller Let Him Go is built.ĭefined by the Oxford English Dictionary as “behaviour, attitudes, etc that are based on supporting and being loyal to a tribe or other social group”, the concept is as applicable to today's political landscape as it is to the characters and families within the film itself. ![]() TRIBALISM is a word that has become commonplace in 2020. ![]()
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