Tom Merrit

A film based on Edgar Lee Master’s poetry collection, Spoon River Anthology (1915). Actor Mads Mikkelsen

A large number of epitaphs for real and fictitious residents of Spoon River, a pioneering area in the state of Illinois; this black and white, suggestive visual poem is the first part of a trilogy.

Numerous tombs of living and fictitious inhabitants of Spoon River, a pioneer territory in Illinois, USA guide the movie, based on Edgar Lee Master’s collection of poetry “Spoon River Anthology” from 1915. The black and white visual poetry – the first of a trilogy – tells the story of Tom Merritt, a man facing the reality he thus far, merely dared witnessing.

It tells the story of Tom Merrit, a man caught up in the reality of which he thought he was only an observer.