Ned Rifle

Ned Rifle is a chip off the Hartley block. After turning 18, the son of Henry Fool and Fay Grim follows in his father's footsteps. He's armed with a Bible, a powerful conviction to remain celibate and a gun. The latest film from the icon of NY's independent cinema is the final chapter in a trilogy started in 1997 about a family of eccentrics maligned by the American dream. Fay is doing time in prison convicted for terrorism and getting ready to write an autobiography. Drunk, fraud and philosopher Henry makes a living as a research subject, leaving him struggling with the side effects of novel drugs. The Nobel winning poet Simon adapts to modern culture by looking for success as an online stand-up comedian. Ned Rifle is Hartley's subversive form of a revenge movie. Fans will find all the director's favorite tricks: comedy extracted from grave seriousness, brilliant dialogues, a nonchalant approach to plot and toying with the clichés of mainstream movies.