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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Wendy Ide

A Love Song review – a sparse, wistful gem

Wes Studi and Dale Dickey in A Love Song.
‘Brief spark’: Wes Studi and Dale Dickey in A Love Song. Sony Pictures Photograph: Sony Pictures

A lovely, low-key showcase for the talents of character actors Dale Dickey and Wes Studi, A Love Song is a wistful little gem of a film. Dickey plays Faye, a widow camped out by the side of a Colorado lake, eking out a stripped-back existence of birdwatching, boiling up coffee and catching crawfish. The vast potential of the wild and limitless landscape is mirrored in miniature in Faye’s life. She’s at a turning point. On a whim she sent a letter to her first love, Lito (Studi). And although she’s no longer sure she will recognise him, she waits for him.

There’s a sparseness and stillness to Max Walker-Silverman’s storytelling that is filled by Dickey’s terrific, lived-in performance and the brief spark of connection between two lonely people.

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