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I watched this movie only because of its pair of actresses: the renowned and almost always excellent Julianne Moore and the rising star Sydney Sweeney, who has been catching my attention since the series "Euphoria" (2019). In fact, many good people have come out of this HBO series starring Zendaya and have constantly appeared in other productions.

So, without knowing anything other than having seen a trailer that didn't tell me much other than a complex relationship between a mother and daughter, each one experiencing their own serious problems, and the presence of a body, I got on board with the movie. And what a pleasant surprise.

Written by Brad Ingelsby, who also wrote the excellent HBO series "Mare of Easttown" (2021), "Echo Valley" is a delight for those who like that genre of films that deal with a crime and the complex situation of solving a problem amidst ethical and moral dilemmas.

In the midst of all this, we have a mother grieving the death of her wife and having financial problems maintaining her farm, a drug-addicted and unpredictable daughter, and an unpredictable bandit played by Donhnall Gleason.

And more than that cannot be said so as not to spoil the entire experience of the film. The only obvious conclusion is the realization that it is not easy to be a mother.