The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

(2018)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 4,563 votes

Genres: Western, Comedy, Drama

Year: 2018

Runtime: 133 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Джоэл Коэн, Итан Коэн

Cast: Тим Блейк Нельсон, Willie Watson, Клэнси Браун, Дэнни МакКарти, Дэвид Крумхольц, Thomas Wingate, Тим ДеЗарн, E.E. Bell, Алехандро Патино, Том Проктер

Plot

Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.

Set against the backdrop of 19th-century post-Civil War America, where life was cruel and cheap, the stories of six different people, united by death, unfold. Starting with "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs", cheerful Buster Scruggs, the deadly gunslinger with a lighting-fast right hand and a lovely singing voice, is about to discover that talent alone is not enough. Next up in "Near Algodones", an ambitious bank robber has a rendezvous with the gallows, and in "Meal Ticket", an aging traveling impresario goes the extra mile to grab the audience's attention. Following, in "All Gold Canyon", an unsuccessful, silver-haired prospector is convinced that his luck is going to change in the middle of nowhere. Then, in "The Gal Who Got Rattled", beautiful Alice finds out that romance and stray bullets don't mix. Finally, in "The Mortal Remains", five passengers crammed in a stagecoach share life philosophies, only to realize that looks can be deceiving.