CAST
- Chris Cooper, Ron Perlman, Amy Madigan
WHY WE LOVE IT
(IN DEVELOPMENT) John Sayles is returning to the director’s chair with I Passed This Way, a contemporary Western marking his first feature in over a decade, which will be introduced to buyers at the Cannes Film Market. Acclaimed Academy Award–nominated writer-director Sayles is a pioneer of American independent cinema, known for landmark films including Matewan, City of Hope, Passion Fish, and Lone Star, earning two Oscar nominations for Best Original Screenplay. With a career spanning more than 40 years, he has written over 70 screenplays and several acclaimed novels. I Passed This Way reimagines the classic “man on the run” Western. The film follows Ross McEwen, a cowboy who impulsively robs a bank and flees across the arid New Mexico Territory. Pursued by legendary lawman Pat Garrett and his ambitious young deputy, Ross refuge at a remote homestead ravaged by diphtheria. There, he faces a moral dilemma: continue his escape to Mexico or stay to help a family in desperate need—at the cost of his freedom.
SYNOPSIS
In a twist on the classic “man on the run” Western, I Passed This Way follows Ross McEwen, a cowboy who drunkenly robs a bank and flees into the arid New Mexico Territory. As famed lawman Pat Garrett and an eager young deputy close in, Ross reaches a remote Mexican homestead stricken by diphtheria. He is faced with a desperate choice- steal their old
mule, leave them to die and make his way to Old Mexico and freedom, or stay and try to nurse them back to health, knowing that the law and a prison sentence will surely catch
up with him?
(IN DEVELOPMENT)
