Based on a book by gay author Thomas Savage, the film suggests that the cruelty displayed by ranch owner Phil Burbank (Benedict Cumberbatch) resulted from losing the only person he ever loved: his departed mentor, Bronco Henry.

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Local ranch owner Tomáš Ježík says the idea for a wagon as a buffet stall to serve food and drinks to visitors to the mountains was an obvious one.

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