
Watch Trailer
New Jerusalem
2011
Synopsis
Sean, an Irish immigrant to America, returns from military service in Afghanistan, finds his heart and mind in disarray. He begins work at a tire shop, where he befriends Ike, a strong-willed Evangelical Christian, who endeavors to ensure the fragile Seanʼs salvation.
Editorial
Between this and Kelly Reichardt’s Old Joy, Will Oldham was for a moment the face of male bonding in independent American cinema. In Rick Alverson’s empathetic film about the emotional aftereffects of serving in the war on terror, his amiably, comically persistent character hammers home tenderness.