Robin Wright
After years behind the camera on 'House of Cards,' the actress showcases on- and offscreen talent with a sparse drama — premiering at Sundance — about a woman who retreats to the wilderness following a personal tragedy.
There is a moment in Robin Wright's directorial debut,
Land, where a hunter — played by a bearded Demián Bichir — arrives at the door of a rustic cabin, where Wright's character is suffering through a dangerous winter, to bring her a case of ramen noodles. It's a simple gesture of decency Wright wanted to see onscreen.
"During this time that we've all been experiencing — really the last four years, the ugliness, the bullying, the tweets — I just wanted kindness," says Wright, who stars in the film as Edee, a woman who retreats into the wilderness, unprepared, after suffering a grievous loss. Shot over 29 days in Alberta in the fall of 2019,