The story is one of endurance, determination, community, intimacy and how the landscape serves to shape and confine all those human realities. Selim does not dwell any longer on any of these themes than people within the circumstances would. The story of the hard working farm and love of the land has being Hallmarked so many times, that it’s easy to be suspicious. But Selim crafts the movie in such a way that it surpasses sentiment alone and becomes part of an experience.
Robert Frost discussed the “sound of sense,” the sound of conversations barely heard but no less significant. Selim captures scenes of sense: the distance of memory, the textures of experience and the sweeping and vivid colors of wonder. This is a movie made with tremendous affection and care for the characters and their environment; a truly enriching movie for young and old alike.