I was drawn to this mostly obscure movie because of my own Cajun background. It was shot in Lafayette, where I went to college all those years ago, and in the Henderson swamp, the Atchafalaya Basin. The lead actress, Teri Wyble who plays Gal, grew up in Arnaudville, just a few miles from Lafayette, and her Pop is played by Dane Rhodes, a New Orleanian who does a pretty legitimate Cajun accent.
She is stuck in a bad place, divorced with a young son that lives with his dad, she drinks too much and seems to be broke. She gets a call from Pop, come right now your mom is in a bad way.
Gal is a bit wary, seeing as Mom died a few years earlier, but she hitches a ride in a boat to get to Pop's houseboat in the swamp. Pop is something of a faith healer but his success is spotty. And maybe he has lost a bit of touch with reality.
(An aside, for those who don't know, a swamp is actually a very nice, clean area with few bugs because dragonflies eat everything. You may get alligators and snakes but you will not get bad smells, if it is a real swamp.)
So most of the movie involves the father-daughter relationship, he was far from perfect when she was growing up, she is far from perfect now, but they still have the family bond and each can look for a brighter future.
The movie-makers are for the most part inexperienced, it has a rather raw look and feel to it, the production values are not that high. But overall it is a worthwhile viewing for anyone who likes or is curious about the subject. A bonus is the background music is authentic Cajun music.
I found it on Amazon streaming movies.
