# Wind River (2017)

> On a frozen Wyoming reservation, a grieving game tracker and an inexperienced FBI agent pursue justice through a murder investigation shaped by isolation, trauma, and frontier violence.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/262743

## Facts

- Runtime: 107 min
- Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Director: Taylor Sheridan
- Cast: Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Gil Birmingham, Graham Greene, Jon Bernthal, Kelsey Asbille, Teo Briones, Tantoo Cardinal
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5362988/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: brooding, oppressive, foreboding, winter night, serious movie night

## Synopsis

A gripping tale of survival and justice unfolds in the harsh wilderness of Wyoming.

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