In is Rumspringa in the Amish village of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. A number of young adults undergo a rite of passage by leaving the enclave and traveling all the way to Los Angeles. There, they will experience the big city, including the lifestyles of the secular, prior to making their final commitments to their community.
One young man, Isaac Fisher, meets a nice young woman named Lisa, and he decides to remain in L.A. He will be "shunned" by his family. The main focus of the film is a kind young woman named Hannah Yoder. Her mother died young, and Hannah has looked after her younger siblings.
The film is about Hannah's interior struggle after she meets and falls in love with young Josh in L.A. Unlike Isaac, Hannah wishes to return to Lancaster and bid good-bye to her family and her fiancé, Samuel. But she finds it harder to do than she ever would imagine.
Hannah's situation is complicated as well when she discovers that she is pregnant. She and Josh may not have been as conscious as they should have been in recognizing that they only had to do it once for there to be consequences.
The filmmakers developed good dramatic tension in Hannah's dilemma. There is a gradual build-up to her fateful decision to either remain in her community or to pack her bag. One choice will mean that Samuel raises her child that she conceived with Josh. By contrast, leaving home will carry the burden and the shame of being pregnant and shunned.
Truly, the plot has thickened for young Hannah Yoder in this well-crafted domestic drama.
One young man, Isaac Fisher, meets a nice young woman named Lisa, and he decides to remain in L.A. He will be "shunned" by his family. The main focus of the film is a kind young woman named Hannah Yoder. Her mother died young, and Hannah has looked after her younger siblings.
The film is about Hannah's interior struggle after she meets and falls in love with young Josh in L.A. Unlike Isaac, Hannah wishes to return to Lancaster and bid good-bye to her family and her fiancé, Samuel. But she finds it harder to do than she ever would imagine.
Hannah's situation is complicated as well when she discovers that she is pregnant. She and Josh may not have been as conscious as they should have been in recognizing that they only had to do it once for there to be consequences.
The filmmakers developed good dramatic tension in Hannah's dilemma. There is a gradual build-up to her fateful decision to either remain in her community or to pack her bag. One choice will mean that Samuel raises her child that she conceived with Josh. By contrast, leaving home will carry the burden and the shame of being pregnant and shunned.
Truly, the plot has thickened for young Hannah Yoder in this well-crafted domestic drama.