A Love Song Review: Sparse Western Romance Is Saved By Dickey's Performance
In A Love Song, a letter brings two people together who haven't seen each other in decades. With time passing, it's easy to forget the contours of a person — the way they look, the way they move, the way they say a name. But, as if from a past life, sometimes they fit right back into the picture and maybe they can even replace something that has been missing for quite some time. Directed by Max Walker-Silverman, A Love Song is a quiet but stirring fable about reunions, love, and time set against the backdrop of the American West. What the film lacks in its sparse script is more than made up for by the two actors who share the majority of screen time together.
A Love Song is anchored by lead performances from Dale Dickey as Faye and Wes Studi as Lito. The pair are due to meet in the shadow of the Colorado Mountains. Faye, who has known Lito for decades and hasn't seen him in just as long, has been widowed for seven years. When Lito finally does arrive at her campsite, it kicks off an exploration of sorts as the two reacquaint themselves with each other and maybe even realize that Faye asking Lito on a date all those years ago in grade school foreshadowed their feelings for each other years later.
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Parked at campsite 7, Faye's routine is put on display early on in the film. Every morning, she makes coffee on the stove and boils crawfish that she caught from the lake in front of her trailer. She waits for something to come in the mail and joins a couple for dinner, telling them it's been years ("enough decades to stand on") since she's seen Lito. This does well in building up anticipation for Lito's impending arrival. Like Faye, the
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