Ode

Story

Synopsis

"Tallahatchie Bridge": With those two simple words, the powerful images of a lost innocence, a murky river and a mysterious suicide spring to mind. Scorning the demands of her overbearing family, Bobbie Lee Hartley and Billy Joe McAllister meet at their usual Choctaw Ridge trysting place and attempt to consumate their forbidden love. Ode attempts to reconcile modern moralites with a tradition-bound faith, and asks whether it's possible to commit a sin against a religion that won't even have you as a member.

Director

Kelly Reichardt

Writers

Herman Raucher, Kelly Reichardt

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

4 January 2010

Ensemble

Cast

• Heather Gottlieb

  Bobbie Lee

• Kevin Poole

  Billy Joe

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  Jon Wurster

  James

• Jim Wiley

  Reverend Hartley

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  Bonnie Johnson

  Mrs. Hartley

• Bill Mooney

  Father McGuire

• Matt Neal

  Fair Guy

• Martin Baucom

  Rude Passerby

• Michelle J. Moore

  Billie Joe's Mom

• Terry Bisson

  Narrator (voice)