Horicon
description: Arizona International Film Festival program film description: Horicon, the second feature film by independent filmmaker J.J. Murphy, paints an unsentimental portrait of a mother and a daughter living in Horicon Marsh, a small midwestern prison town. Sixteen-year-old Rachel (Eva Loseth) fears that she will end up like her alienated mother Dolores (Margie Weaver), who despises the weekend women who populate her motel/diner. She sees a way to escape in Wright (Edmund Wyson), a handsome young hustler, but her plans go awry when she becomes his unsuspect­ing accomplice in criminal activity. In the course of a long, violent day, Wright's menacing behavior forces Rachel to confront her sense of self in startling and unforeseen ways. Shot entirely in Wisconsin, Horicon is filled with surprising plot twists and dramatic images of marsh landscape.
format: Video (VHS)
language: English
type: Drama
identifier: FEST 1990 - 1993 - 1994 FILMS