Josh O’Connor stars in Rebuilding as Dusty, a rancher whose Colorado property is destroyed by wildfire. Displaced, he ends up in a FEMA trailer camp, trying to piece together what remains of his life: family, identity, community.
Supporting players include Meghann Fahy as his ex-wife Ruby, Lily LaTorre as their daughter Callie Rose, Kali Reis, and Amy Madigan.
Directed by Max Walker-Silverman, Rebuilding made its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival where it was acquired by Bleecker Street for release in the U.S. It is slated open in select U.S. theaters on November 14, and nationwide on November 21.
Here is the brief synopsis: After losing the old family ranch to a wildfire, a cowboy winds up in a small camp in the vast American West. When he reconnects with his daughter, his ex-wife, and the neighborhood around him, together they find an unlikely community.
In their review, The Hollywood Reporter praised the film, writing, “Everyone in Rebuilding is sincere, honest and caring, and nothing is overplayed — including the bashful love that blossoms between Dusty and Callie-Rose and is the engine of the story.”
It added, “As this exceptionally quiet movie unfolds, there are moments when you might wish for more friction, more heat, like the healthy dashes of hot sauce with which Madigan’s character doses the scrambled eggs she serves her granddaughter. But Walker-Silverman is a filmmaker who doesn’t hew to formulaic arcs, and it would be a mistake to interpret quietness as tranquility or ease.”
Watch the official trailer for Rebuilding, above.
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