The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.
Like her previous movies—River of Grass, Meek’s Cutoff , Wendy and Lucy , and Night Moves —the new one uses a slow pace to conjure a contemplative, moody atmosphere.
As is generally the case—2013’s Night Moves being the obvious exception—Reichardt eschews high drama or overt politics in favour of quietude, elegant gestures and telltale exchanges between people in tenuous relationships that allude to politics.