This is a relaxed, slow-paced movie. The director filmed it over two summers on his own farm and with his own family, with the exception of the young man. To me it seemed a love letter to farm life and the rural, small-town environment.
There is a plot: a mother lives on a farm with her sons and daughters. The farm has seen better days, but they enjoy their life there. The father they rarely see as he is off working in the big city. He wanted to make the farm a financial success but that did not work out. The father returns home to tell the family they will have to sell the farm and move to the city because they can't afford it.
A young man comes to the farm and asks to work there. He comes from "far away," and that is intentionally left to the imagination. He sleeps in a tent on a plot of ground which, legend has it, will change your life if you sleep there over night--maybe for the better, maybe for the worse. He begins by helping out, then over time starts repairing things long broken, reintroducing the family to some of the other things they love about the area (swimming and boating) and then doing some things that will become a draw for people to come to the farm so it can financially support itself.
The movie takes its time with nice music and beautiful cinematography. It's not a movie if you're in the mood for lots of things to happen or intense drama. It's a good movie to relax into and enjoy though, and it will leave you feeling good. The cast does a good job as well.
There is a plot: a mother lives on a farm with her sons and daughters. The farm has seen better days, but they enjoy their life there. The father they rarely see as he is off working in the big city. He wanted to make the farm a financial success but that did not work out. The father returns home to tell the family they will have to sell the farm and move to the city because they can't afford it.
A young man comes to the farm and asks to work there. He comes from "far away," and that is intentionally left to the imagination. He sleeps in a tent on a plot of ground which, legend has it, will change your life if you sleep there over night--maybe for the better, maybe for the worse. He begins by helping out, then over time starts repairing things long broken, reintroducing the family to some of the other things they love about the area (swimming and boating) and then doing some things that will become a draw for people to come to the farm so it can financially support itself.
The movie takes its time with nice music and beautiful cinematography. It's not a movie if you're in the mood for lots of things to happen or intense drama. It's a good movie to relax into and enjoy though, and it will leave you feeling good. The cast does a good job as well.
