Fresh Horses
“Love doesn't have to last a lifetime.”
DramaRomance
A Cincinnati college student breaks off his engagement to his wealthy fiancée after he falls in love with a backwoods Kentucky girl he meets at a party. She says she's 20, but he finds out she's 16 and married to an abusive husband.
VIBE
This film feels like a hazy, sun-drenched memory of youthful infatuation. It's a tender, yet somber, exploration of first love's intensity and the harsh realities that can intrude upon it, set against a backdrop of rural isolation.
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