The Heart Outright (2016)

Never is a long time. Stephen Ryder swore he would never return to New Mexico after a tragic ordeal. When his Mother dies, he is forced back home to confront his past, while falling back in love with the woman he left all those years ago.

Director:

Ross Kagan Marks

Writers:

Mark Medoff, Mark Medoff

Stars:

Brad Makarowski, Jessica Medoff, Josh Rowan

Cast

Credited cast:
Brad Makarowski	...	Stephen 'Red' Ryder
Jessica Medoff	...	Angel Childress
Josh Rowan	...	Dickie Turpin
Mark Medoff	...	Ray Fowler
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Della Bustamante	...	Homeless Woman
Dave Edwards	...	Tom
Corinne Fox	...	Waitress
James Travis Kirk	...	Homeless Man
Alfonso Loya	...	Mariachi #2
Grace Marks	...	Homeless Child
Jovan Williams	...	Harmonica Man

Storyline

June 16, 1969, Las Cruces, New Mexico: Foster's Diner is terrorized by a former Vietnam Veteran, who humiliates and holds hostage the diner's patrons and employees. Stephen (Red) Ryder, the reluctant nineteen-year-old hero of the ordeal flees the town never to return again until...thirteen years later. 1982, when Stephen returns to his former home in New Mexico to attend his mother's funeral. There he encounters people from his past: his former sweetheart, Angel, the waitress in the diner where the hostage drama took place; his avaricious, brutal stepfather, Ray, who tries to browbeat him into signing over half of his late mother's property; and a former high school classmate, Dickie, now the night manager of the local bus terminal, who still carries around a newspaper account of Stephen's bravery and secretly wants to challenge him. In the ensuing confrontations, each of these characters reveals more about himself, or herself, than each might have wished, but each in his/her own way ...

---

Plot Keywords:

love | 

---

Genres:

Drama | Romance

---

User Reviews

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

Mesilla, New Mexico, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Scary Little Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Color:

Color