Five Easy Pieces (1970)

Bobby Dupea was a gifted classical pianist from a cultured family, but he walked away from it all to work the oil fields. He drifts from job to job and relationship to relationship, running from his talent and himself.

Seen through a Christian lens, Five Easy Pieces is a portrait of the restless heart. Bobby’s famous diner scene shows a man angry at rules, yet he never finds the freedom he wants. Like the prodigal son, he is far from home, and no amount of running fills the emptiness inside.

“Our heart is restless until it rests in you.” Saint Augustine. “Come to me, all you who are weary.” Matthew 11:28