Lone Star

The nominal centre of ‘Lone Star’ is Sheriff Sam Deeds, the chief law officer of the town of Frontera. The low-key Sam is the son of the late Buddy Deeds, who also served as a town sheriff and still maintains a legendary status for ousting the vicious, corrupt Charlie Wade. The discovery of Wade’s decades-old skeleton, however, calls this legend into question, and forces Sam to begin an investigation. During this search for the truth, Sam must come to terms with his own troubled emotions about his father and his still-lingering romantic feelings for Pilar. Sayles expertly moves between past and present, weaving his stories together to illustrate how the seemingly disparate parts of a community are in fact intimately interconnected. (www.allmovie.com)