An early effort (1940) that dealt with the changing fortunes and shifting power relationships within a family. At the start they are very prosperous but pater dies and their economic fortunes decline...mother and little sister are forced to move between their siblings' homes and much unhappiness ensues. It all resolves in the end when elder son returns, chastises the bad, rescues mom and gets a wife.
This was the first of the type of films for which he became an international figure...family-focused, fixed camera angle, landscape interludes, etc.
Very satisfying.
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