Featuring Post-Film Q&A with Director John Hillcoat, and stars Ray Winstone and Emily Watson

In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most inhospitable regions, Charlie faces a terrible moral dilemma that can end only in violence.

BLEAK WEEK : CINEMA OF DESPAIR is co-presented by the American Cinematheque.