简介:In 1909, amidst the dying old west, Willie Boy, a long distance Desert Runner by Chemehuevi tradition, falls in love with young native beauty, Carlota. Carlota's father, a Chemehuevi shaman and local tribal leader, refuses to let the young couple be together. In a fatal confrontation, Carlota's father falls dead to an accidental gun shot and the young lovers flee to the sun enslaved Mohave desert. The local sheriff leads a mounted posse armed with fire power and two Native American trackers seeking justice for their murdered tribal leader. Willie Boy and Carlota evade capture outlasting the men and their horses. However, fake news stories meant to sell papers adds to the mounting pressure to capture Willie Boy. In a desert that purifies all, the search for Willie Boy forces everyone to face their own demons in this tragic tale of love, death, and desert heat.
简介:影片改编自大卫·格兰所著畅销书《Killers of the Flower Moon:The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI》,聚焦1920年代的美国俄克拉何马州,“欧塞奇族印第安人谋杀案”(Osage Indian Mur ders)。当年欧塞奇族人因原居地发现油矿而获得持续巨额收入,有人为阻止上述安排而策划连环谋杀,4年间60人被杀,震惊全国。为此当年美国政府成立“调查局”(即FBI联邦调查局前身)跨部门调查,揭发维护欧塞奇族人权益的“欧塞奇监护人计划”原来极度腐败;最后即使在大量证据下,亦只有少数的谋杀案获得起诉。