


Teddy and Melissa have sex that same night, but he abandons her before dawn to climb the deadfall and solve the mystery of Friar, leaving only Melissa, Walter, and Jill.Īfter miles of walking west alone, Liv and Cy consume hallucinogenic berries, and in a moment of clarity, Cy reveals to Liv that he has been thinking about doing "unspeakable things" to her for hours. The group realizes that they are still traveling north, and are no closer to home than before.Ĭy refuses to travel south with the others and becomes aggressive, kidnapping Liv at knifepoint in hopes that he can cross over into Vermont and save her life. While Cy is distracted, Daryl steals his machete, frees himself, and flees again with the only vehicle and food supply. Ultimately the crew reverses direction, battered by deafening feedback, but discover Erin's body dressed like a scarecrow, propped up in a grotesque diorama, and a massive deadfall which Teddy attempts to climb. Now calm, he explains to Teddy that "the land is like liquid" and declares that he and Erin managed to determine the coordinates of the end of the road: the source of the music. Daryl brutally murders his sister Erin over a petty argument and flees Teddy and Cy locate and subdue him, and return him to the group. The journey goes well initially, but soon the crew is terrorized by loud and jarring music that appears to come out of nowhere. The crew (including Teddy's wife Melissa, their collaborator Walter, sibling cartographers Daryl and Erin Luger, forestry expert Cy, and intern Jill) soon befriends Liv, a townsperson who works at the theatre and agrees to accompany them on their trip.
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Crew leader Teddy found the trail's coordinates via Friar's movie theatre. In the present day, the trail's coordinates have been declassified, and a film crew has arrived to travel the trail to learn about the disappearances and deaths, as well as what lies at the end of the trail. Despite this, the town was eventually repopulated, although the townspeople are cautious of the town's history. The remaining 272 citizens were never found, and the government designated the trail that the townspeople took as classified.

Only 300 of the townspeople's bodies were recovered: some had frozen to death in the elements, while others were killed in horrific and bloody ways. No one has ever been able to explain why they did this.

The Cleveland International Film Festival promotes artistically and culturally significant film arts through education and exhibition to enrich the life of the community.In 1940 the entire town of Friar, 572 people, abandoned their town and walked into the wilderness with only the clothes on their backs after a viewing of The Wizard of Oz, a film with which the entire town was obsessed. Have a specific question? Please contact us to speak to a representative. Your donation helps fulfill our mission to promote artistically and culturally significant film arts through education and exhibition. We have five levels of membership to choose from, so find the one that best fits your film appetite! Join today Films made after Jbeing accepted for consideration for the 46th CIFF beginning on June 7th.
