Two movies — one featuring a dangerous love triangle and one about a teenager-forest creature duo — open May 16 at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.
Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and her husband Lee (Will Poulter) are beginning a bright new life in California when he returns from the Korean War. But their newfound stability is upended by the arrival of Lee’s charismatic brother, Julius (Jacob Elordi), a wayward gambler with a secret past. A dangerous love triangle quickly forms. When Julius takes off in search of the young card cheat (Diego Calva) he’s fallen for, Muriel’s longing for something more propels her into a secret life of her own, gambling on racehorses and exploring a love she never dreamed possible.
"On Swift Horses" is rated R and plays through May 22.
From writer-director Isaiah Saxon, making his feature-film debut, comes a story of love, longing and acceptance centering on a teenage girl who befriends a mysterious forest creature. "The Legend of Ochi" follows Yuri (Helena Zengel), a teenager from a remote island known as Carpathia. Raised by a loving and comically militant father (Willem Dafoe), she is taught to fear and hunt the mythical species known as the Ochi. But when Yuri, closed-off and misunderstood, encounters a baby ochi, wounded and alone, she finds an inexplicable sense of kinship. Rebelling against the rules of her father and her world, she runs away from home and embarks on a quest to reunite the creature with its family.
"The Legend of Ochi" is rated PG and is playing through May 29.
For more information on films, including showtimes and ticket availability, visit the Ross' website.
