IMDb: 7.2
2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Western, Comedy, Drama
Pursuit of Loneliness
After an elderly hospital patient dies, a nurse tries unsuccessfully to contact the next of kin. Later, a social worker continues the effort but finds only the neighbor who was feeding the patient’s dogs. A county investigator fails to locate any relatives and ultimately must process the belongings in the decedent’s home. Meanwhile, we follow a frail man’s discharge from the hospital and an older woman’s day spent running errands and trying to stay cool during a heat wave.
Director: Laurence Thrush
Genre: Drama
Cast: Joy Hillie, Suzanne Faha, John Magginetti
