Recently viewed: Tender Mercies

Stumbled on this on cable -- man, what a fine film. When's the last time a movie like this came around? Screenplay by Horton Foote. Character-driven, leisurely development, true and sensitive to its characters. 1983. A different film world indeed. I miss it.

A broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together.

Director: 

Bruce Beresford

Writer: 

Horton Foote

Stars:

 Robert Duvall, Tess Harper and Betty Buckley