In 1950’s middle America, husband and wife Lee and Muriel, and Lee’s brother Julius, leave Kansas and go out west in search of a new life, fortune, and themselves.
Muriel and her husband Lee are beginning a bright new life in California when he returns from the Korean War. But their newfound stability is upended by the arrival of Lee’s charismatic brother, Julius, a wayward gambler with a secret past. A dangerous love triangle quickly forms. When Julius takes off in search of the young card cheat he’s fallen for, Muriel’s longing for something more propels her into a secret life of her own, gambling on racehorses and exploring a love she never dreamed possible. Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Will Poulter, Jacob Elordi.
PRAISE FOR ON SWIFT HORSES
On Swift Horses is the kind of big, sweeping romantic drama that Hollywood just doesn’t make anymore. -Hollywood Reporter
Elordi is impressive here, recalling the spirit of Montgomery Clift with his guarded innocence and twitchy cynicism. -Screen International
A cinematic love story that unfolds with the kind of beautiful uncertainty that its gambling heroes face every day. -IndieWire
Elordi and Edgar-Jones give On Swift Horses a solid core, and the expansive plotting develops their characters into people worth caring (and crying) about. -A/V Club
On Swift Horses presents a potent picture of the faultlines simmering below the American surface. -Austin Chronicle
‘R’ 117min
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