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Small Town Murder Songs is a drama film, set for release in the Canada on February 18, 2011. The film is written and directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly, and stars Martha Plimpton as Sam, Peter Stormare as Walter, Jill Hennessy as Rita, Sebastian Pigott as Officer Sebastian, Jackie Burroughs as Olive, Ari Cohen as Washington, Stephen Eric McIntyre as Steve, Stuart Hughes as Billy, Alexandria Benoit as Sarah, Aaron Poole as Jim, Trent McMullen as Officer Kevin, Ann Holloway as Greta, John Stead as David, Emily Schooley as News Reporter and Amy Rutherford as Ava.

Plot summery: A modern, gothic tale of crime and redemption about an aging police officer from a small Ontario Mennonite town who hides a violent past until a local murder upsets the calm of his newly reformed life. Who raped and killed the girl whose body is found by the lake near a rural Ontario community? And who was she? At first, these questions appear to be pivotal to Small Town Murder Songs. But are they? The police investigation is led by Walter (Peter Stormare), the troubled local police chief in this small Mennonite farming town. As the investigation unfolds Walter enters a labyrinth of religious repression and self-doubt that threaten everything he believes.