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The Dark Divide (2020) on Netflix

NR20201h 47mAdventureComedyDrama

Robert Pyle, a shy butterfly expert, sets out on a thirty-day walk to catalog butterflies and moths in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. His dying wife Thea urged him on.

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  • IMDb6.3/10938 votes
  • Rotten Tomatoes93%

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Plot summary

When Thea Pyle's ovarian cancer is found to be terminal, she urges her husband, Robert, onto the trail. He is a lepidopterist, a shy expert on butterflies and moths, and his plan is a thirty-day walk into the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, where he means to document the butterflies and moths of a wildland that remains unprotected. Pyle is an inexperienced hiker. On the trail he meets frightening wildlife and gets lost in a cave. The story is drawn from his memoir, Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide.

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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Dark Divide (2020)

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  • Director Tom Putnam said his documentary background let the crew stay small enough to reach remote spots, and that David Cross really hung off a cliff, braved a thunderstorm and struggled in freezing water; the deep underground lava tunnels were actual shooting locations.

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