This film, deceivingly titled "Honeyland," starts out visually beautiful and charming. Enjoy it while it lasts, for what follows is what this film is really about: An audio/visual assault chronicling the depressing squalor and destructive stupidity of the "nomadic family" that pulls their trailer up next door, bringing with them (for the viewing pleasure of the audience) all their nonstop argumentative and irrational interpersonal relationships. They invade her land, steal and eventually destroy her livelihood, while we watch her aged mother fade away and die.
But not to worry, having literally scorched the earth and left it barren, they eventually hitch up their trailer and move along in search of their next host, leaving our charismatic middle-aged protagonist pondering the hope that she and her dog can start from scratch.
But not to worry, having literally scorched the earth and left it barren, they eventually hitch up their trailer and move along in search of their next host, leaving our charismatic middle-aged protagonist pondering the hope that she and her dog can start from scratch.