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Robin Wright makes an accomplished feature directorial debut with Land, in which the actress-turned-filmmaker plays Edee Mathis, a woman whose method for coping with trauma is to go live on her own in a cabin in the woods. She struggles to survive at first, eventually befriending Miguel (Demián Bichir), who teaches her to hunt. (She dubs him Yoda. ) Even though she does not want to be around people I m here because I choose to be, she insists she appreciates Miguel s kindness.
Wright gives a tough, determined performance in what ultimately is a very moving film. Edee spends much of her screen time alone in the first act, experiencing setbacks and almost dying as she is unprepared for some of the challenges she faces. As Miguel helps her adapt to her new environment, Edee focuses more on her goals and less on her pain, which helps her work through her trauma.
Robin Wright both stars in and directs Land
Credit: Sundance
Dir: Robin Wright. Cast: Robin Wright, Demián Bichir, Kim Dickens. Cert TBC, 89 mins
When a well-known actor makes their directing debut and appears in almost every scene, you would hope to come out knowing a little more about them than you did going in. Perhaps the main problem with Land, Robin Wright’s innocuous tale of a woman braving out her bereavement in the Wyoming mountains, is that your perception of Wright is wholly unaltered from start to finish.
The careworn intelligence and emotional fatigue she can project shine through as they always do, and there’s not a thing wrong with her performance. But as Edee Mathis chops wood, huddles in her cabin and periodically grieves, Wright is playing a backstory and a state of hardship, not a character you could single out in any other respect among the women she’s portrayed.
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