Border Nation

The Quarry is a 2020 American independent neo-noir crime thriller film film directed by Scott Teems. It was written by Teems and Andrew Brotzman, who based their screenplay upon the 1995 novel of the same name by South African author Damon Galgut. Set in the West Texas borderlands, the Southern Gothic and neo-Western film focuses on "The Man," an unnamed fugitive drifter, portrayed by Shea Whigham, who takes on the identity of David Martin, portrayed by Bruno Bichir, a traveling preacher he murders at a quarry after Martin picks him up off the side of a highway. The Man finds refuge in a border town's dilapidated church, with a young woman named Celia (Catalina Sandino Moreno), who provides him with room and board at the house that Martin was set to reside during his stay in town. Finding solace with his new persona, the drifter soon finds himself with a growing congregation at the church, drawing suspicion from the town's prejudiced police chief, John Moore (Michael Shannon), who is also having a secret affair with Celia. It was released on April 17, 2020 in theaters by Lionsgate.