Set in the small town of Idaho, director Jaffe Zinn’s debut feature Magic Valley is a soulful film about how everyday life goes on until something out-of-the-ordinary happens. Beautifully shot with vivid natural colors, the movie takes place during the course of one day. Two children find a dead body, a mother is distraught at her missing daughter, a fish-farmer finds most of his fish belly-up and a young man is distraught. Magic Valley is about the distractions and pass-times people indulge in when faced with an everyday mundane life. It also shows how each generation has its own innocent and naive fascination with violence. This film is a very confident and promising debut by the director.
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