A lovely, low-key showcase for the talents of character actors Dale Dickey and Wes Studi, A Love Song is a wistful little gem of a film. Dickey plays Faye, a widow camped out by the side of a Colorado lake, eking out a stripped-back existence of birdwatching, boiling up coffee and catching crawfish. The vast potential of the wild and limitless landscape is mirrored in miniature in Faye’s life. She’s at a turning point. On a whim she sent a letter to her first love, Lito (Studi). And although she’s no longer sure she will recognise him, she waits for him.
There’s a sparseness and stillness to Max Walker-Silverman’s storytelling that is filled by Dickey’s terrific, lived-in performance and the brief spark of connection between two lonely people.
