Small Town Murder Songs

Small Town Murder Songs is a 2010 Canadian crimethriller directed by Ed GassDonnelly. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2010. The film is written by GassDonnelly, produced by GassDonnelly and Lee Kim, and stars Peter Stormare, Jill Hennessy, and Martha Plimpton.

The official website for the film provides this synopsis A modern, gothic tale of crime and redemption about an aging police officer from a small Ontario Mennonite town who hides a violent past until a local murder upsets the calm of his newly reformed life.Ed GassDonnellys rural crime drama, Small Town Murder Songs, punctures the veneer of bucolic quiet in a mostly Mennonite farming community in Ontario. Beneath a deceptive calm, it uncovers a core of fear and loathing as ominous as the backwoods world of Winters Bone. The protagonist, Walter Peter Stormare, is a stocky, middleaged policeman whose violent past has made him a local pariah... Walters newfound equilibrium is put to the test when the body of a young woman is found near a lake. It is the towns first murder in decades. The 911 phone call reporting the discovery is quickly traced to Rita, who lies to the police when questioned and insists that her new lover, Steve Stephen Eric McIntyre, was with her on the evening of the crime. The investigation quickly reveals that Steve and the victim were both seen that night at a nearby strip club. ........

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