It’s time to explore the seamy underbelly of Nashville’s country music scene with Jessica Chastain as your guide. Heartland is now streaming on Netflix.

In the new thriller, the Academy Award winner stars as Misty Jones, a retired country music legend who left the spotlight behind but is now searching for her missing niece (played by real-life country singer-songwriter Carter Faith). But old secrets and new mysteries soon come to light, drawing Misty down into the rotten underbelly of her old hometown. 

From Country Strong writer-director Shana Feste, Heartland is a musical journey through the dark. Read on to learn more about the new film.

Tina Rowden/Netflix

Tina Rowden/Netflix

What is Heartland about?

Former country megastar Misty Jones comes out of seclusion to investigate the disappearance of her niece, a rising country musician, and must grapple with her own past and Nashville’s seedy underbelly. Misty’s search uncovers a murky side of the city where no one, herself included, is who they seem.

Tina Rowden/Netflix

Tina Rowden/Netflix

Tina Rowden/Netflix

Who’s in the cast of Heartland?

The cast of Heartland includes:

• Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Molly’s Game) as Misty Jones
• Garrett Hedlund (Triple Frontier, Inside Llewyn Davis) as Roy Combs
• Carter Faith as Charlie Heart
• Ross Lynch (Teen Beach Movie, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as Jace
• Jennifer Nettles (Harriet, The Righteous Gemstones) as Winnie Jo Lean
• John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone, The Sessions) as Clark

When will Heartland be on Netflix?

Heartland is now streaming on Netflix.