Ever since her partner Patty (Kristina Valada-Viars) died nine months ago, mornings have been hard for Kate Garretson (Julianne Moore), the bereaved protagonist of Michael Pearce’s gratifying domestic thriller Echo Valley. The horse rancher wakes up with visible sadness, which the camera (cinematography is by Benjamin Kracun) meditates on throughout the film. In the movie’s first moments, a startled Kate, emerging from the grips of a nightmare, opens her eyes and takes a deep breath before sitting up. Her feet dangle, then land with a thud on the delicate rug hugging the side of her bed. Kate’s routines are plagued by a similar heaviness.
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