Carl and Jessie are half siblings who feel trapped by the existential and economic pressures of living in the small mining town of Canaan, Ohio. Their shared rebellion soon takes on the form of an illicit love affair depicted in interwoven sequences of lusty poeticism and ethnographic vérité. When Jessie becomes pregnant, the tension between the couple’s youthful vitality and the dire realities of rural society leads to consequences both despairing and hopeful.
Larue Hall
as Jessie
Ted Heimerdinger
as Carl
Marjorie Johnson
as Mae
John Crawford
as Virgil
Betty Ann Parady
as Donna
Mary Cass
as Rose
Ron Parady
as Tom
Bob Jones
as Jacob
David Ayres
as Lou
Jon Webb
as Frank
Miles Gibbons
as George
Art Stifel
as Howard
