Unusual film. Minimal dialogue/exposition. Father is a honey-hunter. Mom is an enigma. son (6ish) is a troubled bag of neuroses who can read well until called upon to do so in class.
In the opening scene Dad falls from a tree when a branch breaks but stops half-way down when it holds. Or does it?
Beautiful locations in rain-soaked mountains. But it was never clear what the filmmaker was attempting here. It was too minimalist to get us to care for anyone or even take an interest in their lives. Because of the location/culture there was some exotic appeal but that dissipated and we were left with not much more than idle curiousity about these people.
Not quite worth it. But close.
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