The Dead Don't Hurt

In the 1860s, fiercely independent French-Canadian Vivienne Le Coudy embarks on a journey with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen, attempting to forge a life together in the dusty town of Elk Flats, Nevada. When Holger decides to go fight for the Union in the burgeoning Civil War, Vivienne must fend for herself, which isn't easy in a town controlled by a corrupt mayor.

Cast

Vicky Krieps

as Vivienne Le Coudy

Viggo Mortensen

as Holger Olsen

Solly McLeod

as Weston Jeffries

Garret Dillahunt

as Alfred Jeffries

Danny Huston

as Rudolph Schiller

W. Earl Brown

as Alan Kendall

Shane Graham

as Billy Crossley

Rafel Plana

as Claudio Garcia

Colin Morgan

as Lewis Cartwright

Ray McKinnon

as Judge Blagden

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Despite the fact that the plot has plenty of holes, this western just about works. It's all about the determined "Vivienne" (Vicky Krieps), very much a woman in a man's world of pioneering in the 1860s. She encounters the honest and thoughtful "Olsen" (Viggo Mortensen) and travels to his remote, and...

r96sk

I almost warmed to it by its conclusion, but I don't think I can describe <em>'The Dead Don’t Hurt'</em> as anything that I rate well. I found no interest in anything that was onscreen, disappointingly. The story failed to grab me and the characters that portray it aren't at a good standard eithe...

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