Some reasons why "Train Dreams" is a dark horse in the awards race

America in the early 20th century. Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton), who lost his parents at a young age, grows up in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, where he contributes to the country's railroad project while encountering the natural beauty of the forest and his friends. During this time, Robert meets the love of his life, Gladys (Felicity Jones), marries her, and has a child with her. However, his work forces him to live apart from his family. Then, an unexpected tragedy strikes Robert.

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• It has already won the National Board of Review's Best Adapted Screenplay award.
• This work has something in common with "Days of Heaven"
• The fateful link between the events that happened to the director and the lead actor and the film
• Is it a strong contender for Best Actor in addition to Best Adapted Screenplay at the upcoming Oscars?

It has already won the National Board of Review's Best Adapted Screenplay award.

This year's awards season has begun, and the names of the winners and their recipients are being announced one after the other. Movie fans around the world are enjoying the blissful moment of poring over the awards list and predicting the outcome of the Academy Awards, the final awards race. But let me say a word here. Among the films whose titles are listed in the main categories, including Best Picture, I would like to introduce one that is the most understated, and yet stands out for that very reason: "Train Dreams" (25), which is already streaming on Netflix.

Netflix movie "Train Dreams"

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January this year and was enthusiastically received, and since then, its reviews have skyrocketed with each screening at the New York Film Festival and other film festivals across the US, and with the help of word-of-mouth after its release, it has suddenly emerged as a leading contender. In the awards race, it has so far won the National Board of Review's Best Adapted Screenplay award and has received numerous nominations.

The production began when director Clint Bentley was strongly inspired by the novella by American novelist and poet Dennis Johnson, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Bentley immediately approached his friend Greg Kweder, with whom he also worked on Sing Sing (2023), about co-adapting the screenplay, and based on the completed script, filming will begin in Washington State in April 2024. Although the shoot only lasted 29 days, the story they captured on camera was intense, with deep emotion welling up from the silence.

This work has something in common with "Days of Heaven"