Ned Rifle

Watch Ned Rifle (2015) online on iFILM — Hal Hartley's deadpan conclusion to his Henry Fool trilogy, twenty years in the making. Aubrey Plaza and Parker Posey star alongside Liam Aiken.

Ned grew up in foster care while his mother Fay served time in prison — a consequence his absent father Henry set in motion long before that. Now an adult with a religious conviction and a clear plan, Ned goes looking for Henry to kill him. What he finds instead is Susan, whose past with Henry is stranger than expected. Hartley keeps the tone consistent across three decades of this story: spare, mildly absurdist, and populated by people who say one thing and mean several others. Stream Ned Rifle on iFILM.