Greider enters a time capsule: a town sworn to isolation and poverty, and probably the very spare life many of our near ancestors escaped from. Life in the Alps wasn't about skiing and hot chocolate for these folks. Wood must be gathered once a year; not just for burning, but for building. Bread from harvest was baked in community ovens. Running out of food was real and everyone depended on everyone else. Enter the stranger who wears Spurs and comes from the American West. The camera he brings and the photographs he captures are our first hint something new is being introduced, but the plot takes hold and we are caught up in a secret so big and dangerous we cannot see a solution. Mountains, snow, fear and blood encapsulate this story, and Sam Riley's Greider is perfect. Masterful acting by the full cast.. There is some undiscovered talent here. History is paramount to this drama and those of you who love history will applaud this great "western".
Review of The Dark Valley
