"The extraordinary story of an ordinary life."

2025

1h 42m

7.3(1168 votes)

Drama

Overview

A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Joel Edgerton

Robert Grainier

Felicity Jones

Gladys Grainier

Nathaniel Arcand

Ignatius Jack

Clifton Collins Jr.

Boomer

John Diehl

Billy

Paul Schneider

Apostle Frank

Kerry Condon

Claire Thompson

William H. Macy

Arn Peeples

Will Patton

Narrator (voice)

Alfred Hsing

Fu Sheng

Creative team

Directed by: Clint Bentley
Written by: Clint Bentley
Greg Kwedar
Produced by: Marissa McMahon
Teddy Schwarzman

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