Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere (2014)

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Runtime : 1H 35M

Director : Dave Jannetta

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In an isolated, high-plains community, a brilliant mathematics professor disappears from the local college without a trace. Three months later his body is discovered tied to a tree and burned beyond recognition in the remote hills south of campus. Iconoclastic author Poe Ballantine searches for clues related to the case while reflecting on his own life of wanderlust.

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