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75% Critic Match
Brutal Season
“The season is long, the summer is brutal.”
7.5 / 10• 2022• 1h 41m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
In 1948, the Trouths are facing no income and the hottest summer on record. When their estranged son inexplicably returns, the apartment is full again - but is it big enough for the gambling, trauma, and substantial life insurance policy that comes in his wake?
Cast & Crew
Shuler Hensley
Randy Hawkes
Lead
Shelby Grady
Marianne Trouth
CM
Colleen Madden
Gayle Trouth
JR
James Ridge
Louis Trouth
HS
Houston Settle
Junior Trouth
MF
Markwood Fields
Charlie Trouth
Moses Jones
Ivan Barnett
OG
Ole Goode
Officer Lutz
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gavin Fields's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Brutal Season is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
