Winner of the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 2005 Venice Film Festival, this epic story of two cowboys who fall in love is based on the novella by Pulitzer Prize– winning author Annie Proulx (The Shipping News). Ennis del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) maintain their relationship over a 20-year period, keeping it secret from their wives. Brokeback Mountain is a bittersweet tale of two men’s overwhelming feelings for each other clouded by the fear of reprisals from a disapproving society, all set against the stunning backdrop of the American West. 2005, U.S., color, 35mm, 134 minutes.
Brokeback Mountain
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