Train Dreams - dir: Clint Bentley (USA, 2025, 1h 42mins )

Nominated for four Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, TRAIN DREAMS is the latest from the AFS-supported creative team of Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar. Join us for this special 35mm screening of TRAIN DREAMS with Clint Bentley in attendance.
Based on the beloved novella by Denis Johnson, TRAIN DREAMS is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier (Golden Globe-nominee Joel Edgerton), whose life unfolds during an era of unprecedented change in early 20th century America.
Orphaned at a young age, Robert grows into adulthood among the towering forests of the Pacific Northwest, where he helps expand the nation’s railroad empire alongside men as unforgettable as the landscapes they inhabit. After a tender courtship, he marries Gladys (Academy Award®-nominee Felicity Jones), and they build a home together, though his work often takes him far from her and their young daughter. When his life takes an unexpected turn, Robert finds beauty, brutality, and newfound meaning for the forests and trees he has felled.

-- Write-up by the Austin Film Society

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