The Long, Hot Summer
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Drama
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
VIBE
A simmering Southern heat pervades this tale of ambition and desire. Tensions rise as a charismatic stranger disrupts a powerful family's dynamics, igniting secrets and unspoken passions under the oppressive summer sun.
sultrytensedramaticpassionatesteadySouthern Gothicmelodramaticcinematicfamilydesireclassreputation
small townbased on novel or bookarranged marriagehost familyfamily relationshipssexual tensionarsonclass differencesfalse accusationsarsonistsexual repressionoverbearing fatherstrangerbased on short storysharecroppergeneral storefather son conflictsummertime
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