Tender Mercies (1983)
Country: US
Technical: col 92m
Director: Bruce Beresford
Cast: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper
Synopsis:
A country and western singer quits the bottle thanks to a Vietnam war widow who runs a filling station on a Texan by-road, but finds life's injustices hard to fathom.
Review:
Pleasant relief from the shouting matches, drunken bouts and bar-room brawls that usually inhabit the genre. Not earth-shattering, but well-acted; the kind of quiet, watchable plea for human dignity that earns Oscar nominations even if it does not raise the bar or take big bucks.
Country: US
Technical: col 92m
Director: Bruce Beresford
Cast: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper
Synopsis:
A country and western singer quits the bottle thanks to a Vietnam war widow who runs a filling station on a Texan by-road, but finds life's injustices hard to fathom.
Review:
Pleasant relief from the shouting matches, drunken bouts and bar-room brawls that usually inhabit the genre. Not earth-shattering, but well-acted; the kind of quiet, watchable plea for human dignity that earns Oscar nominations even if it does not raise the bar or take big bucks.
Country: US
Technical: col 92m
Director: Bruce Beresford
Cast: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper
Synopsis:
A country and western singer quits the bottle thanks to a Vietnam war widow who runs a filling station on a Texan by-road, but finds life's injustices hard to fathom.
Review:
Pleasant relief from the shouting matches, drunken bouts and bar-room brawls that usually inhabit the genre. Not earth-shattering, but well-acted; the kind of quiet, watchable plea for human dignity that earns Oscar nominations even if it does not raise the bar or take big bucks.