Viggo Mortensen’s terrific sophomore effort as a writer/director (he also composed the music) is the gorgeous Western, “The Dead Don’t Hurt.”
Set during the Civil War, the film recounts the relationship between Vivienne Le Coudy (Vicky Krieps) and Holger Olsen (Mortensen), who meet and fall in love. When he goes off to fight the war, she stays behind. The film stays behind with her.
