The Last Rites of Ransom Pride

The Last Rites of Ransom Pride

Year: 2010

Runtime: 83 mins

Language: English

Director: Tiller Russell

ActionWesternDrama

Juliette embarks on a grim trek across the frontier to return the body of her murdered lover, the outlaw Ransom Pride, to his Texas grave. Though she anticipates hardship, she soon discovers the trail is filled with relentless dangers, hostile encounters and dark betrayals that test her resolve in this bleak Western drama.

Bleak
Bittersweet ending
Emotionally heavy
High intensity
Steady pacing
Moderate complexity

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1

Tragedy sparks a vengeance-seeking child

As a child, Juliette witnesses her tribe's slaughter at the hands of Mexican troops. She slips into General Juarez's home and kills him in his bedroom, setting a grim path of vengeance that will define her life.

1901 General Juarez's residence
2

Vengeance seeds a lifelong quest

The brutal act anchors Juliette's resolve to pursue vengeance across the borderlands. The act will drive her to make dangerous alliances and take desperate risks in the years to come.

1901 Mexico borderlands
3

Ransom Pride's death and a grim redemption offer

In 1912, Ransom Pride is killed in a Mexican border town after an arms deal goes wrong. The Bruja reveals that Juliette can redeem Ransom's corpse only by trading Ransom's brother, tying Juliette's fate to a grim exchange.

1912 Mexican border town
4

Juliette heads to Glory to retrieve a body

Juliette travels to Glory, Texas, spurring a plan that involves luring Champ away from his family under the guise of retrieving Ransom's body. The journey marks the start of their uneasy alliance.

early 1910s Glory, Texas
5

Early Pride resists and calls in a tracker

Reverend Early Pride initially refuses Juliette's plea for help but, after he has passed out drunk, he sends for his younger son Champ and ends up enlisting Shepherd Graves to retrieve him. The family splits and distrust grows.

early 1910s Pride farm, Glory, Texas
6

Shepherd dispatches bounty hunters

Shepherd Graves learns of Juliette's plans and sends two bounty hunters, including his nephew, to kill Juliette and retrieve Champ. The pursuit begins a dangerous chase across the frontier.

early 1910s Glory, Texas / on the road toward Mexico
7

Juliette and Champ turn the tables on the hunters

Juliette and Champ outwit and kill Shepherd's two bounty hunters, demonstrating their growing partnership. The act confirms that their interests align against their pursuers.

early 1910s On the road to Mexico
8

Bruja auctions Juliette; rescue by a dwarf and twins

The Bruja auctions Juliette off to the highest bidder in the town's brothel, but a dwarf and a pair of conjoined twins rescue Juliette. The dwarf dies during the escape, sacrificing himself to give Juliette a chance to flee.

mid-1910s Bruja's brothel, border town
9

Bruja and Shepherd join forces to track Juliette

Meanwhile, Shepherd joins the Bruja, bent on revenge for his nephew, and the two set out to pursue Juliette across the border region. Their alliance shifts the balance in the hunt for Champ.

mid-1910s Mexico border region
10

Ambush at the Pride home

In a confrontation, Early appears and is shot by Champ, while Juliette is wounded and taken back to the Pride home to recover. The dynamic shifts as the lovers fight for survival.

mid-1910s Pride home
11

Night ambush: Maria, Bruja, and Shepherd strike

Bruja, whose real name is Maria, reveals she was Juarez's bride. Juliette fights back with a knife, cutting the Bruja's throat, while Champ kills Shepherd and the Apache.

mid-1910s Near the Pride farm
12

Ransom's body recovered and buried

Juliette and Champ retrieve Ransom's body and bury it on the Pride farm next to his mother, tying his memory to Juliette's vows. The couple then begins a long journey that will lead them away from the border.

late 1910s Pride farm
13

Epilogue: exile and death

In the long aftermath, Juliette and Champ emigrate to Oklahoma, then New Mexico, where Champ dies of malaria in 1939. Juliette survives with their son, Jackson, and a tombstone quotes Ransom: 'I was always a lover, despite all the killings.'

1939 Oklahoma and New Mexico

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