Rent Silent Tongue (1994)
2.8 of 5 from 54 ratings
1h 37min
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- Synopsis:
Silent Tongue (Tantoo Cardinal) is a mute Kiowa who is raped by Eamon McCree (Alan Bates), the owner of the Kickapoo Traveling Medicine Show. Eamon attempts to make up for his crime by marrying her, hoping for forgiveness. Instead, Silent Tongue enacts a bitter retribution through her two daughters, Awbonnie (Sheila Tousey) and Velada (Jeri Arredondo). Awbonnie, as the film begins, has already died, but her grieving husband Talbot (River Phoenix, My Own Private Idaho) refuses to let her go, dragging around her corpse. To assuage Talbot, his father Prescott (Richard Harris) sets out to purchase Velada from Eamon, thinking that only Awbonnie's sister can replace her in Talbot's eyes. But Velada's half-brother Reeves (Dermot Mulroney) protests the attempted transaction. As a result, Prescott kidnaps Velada and flees, with not only Reeves and Eamon chasing him, but also Awbonnie's ghost. An ambitious work that offers a weighty meditation on reparation and revenge, Shepard's poetic vision is well served by a first rate cast and Jack Conroy's expansive Scope photography. - Actors:
- Alan Bates, Richard Harris, River Phoenix, Dermot Mulroney, Sheila Tousey, Jeri Arredondo, Bill Irwin, David Shiner, Tantoo Cardinal, Tommy Thompson, Jack Herrick, Bland Simpson, Clay Buckner, Chris Frank, Arturo Gil, Joseph S. Griffo, Billy Beck, Philip Attmore, Al Lujan, Devino Tricoche
- Directors:
- Sam Shepard
- Writers:
- Sam Shepard
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama
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