I have enjoyed this film very much. The kind of story that was shown in abundance in movie theaters in the 1990s and early 2000s. When there was still room for medium-budget films that supported their narrative on the quality of the script, the performances of the actors and the cinematography of beautiful landscapes that accompanied the plot.
Very far from the visual paraphernalia that seems to be a requirement to have projection in theaters today.
Montana Story, is an intimate family drama that takes place on a ranch in the middle of the wonderful and cold landscapes of Montana. One of the coldest states in the US.
The cold environment contrasts with the narrative in which, at times, passions boil.
We all have moments in our past that in retrospect, we have discovered that we could have acted better, with more determination.
That happens to Cal. Seven years ago he watched his father beat up his sister, Erin (Haley Lu Richardson). Even though inside he wanted to step in and stop the beating, he just freezes up and does nothing.
The ghost of his cowardice and indecision has haunted him all these years.
Erin, has disappeared since that day without a trace.
It is until her father suffers a stroke and is left in a coma with no chance of waking up, that Lu returns to the ranch.
The psychological construction of both characters is what makes it a great movie.
From here on we see slowly and intelligently how the brothers seek to heal the wounds left by that event in the past.
How do you forgive and tell your truths to someone who can't hear you anymore and won't wake up?
The wonderful script is giving the answers of how the two characters are finding the exits of their respective labyrinths in a realistic and satisfactory way with an old horse involved that symbolically represents the past and the future.
Very far from the visual paraphernalia that seems to be a requirement to have projection in theaters today.
Montana Story, is an intimate family drama that takes place on a ranch in the middle of the wonderful and cold landscapes of Montana. One of the coldest states in the US.
The cold environment contrasts with the narrative in which, at times, passions boil.
We all have moments in our past that in retrospect, we have discovered that we could have acted better, with more determination.
That happens to Cal. Seven years ago he watched his father beat up his sister, Erin (Haley Lu Richardson). Even though inside he wanted to step in and stop the beating, he just freezes up and does nothing.
The ghost of his cowardice and indecision has haunted him all these years.
Erin, has disappeared since that day without a trace.
It is until her father suffers a stroke and is left in a coma with no chance of waking up, that Lu returns to the ranch.
The psychological construction of both characters is what makes it a great movie.
From here on we see slowly and intelligently how the brothers seek to heal the wounds left by that event in the past.
How do you forgive and tell your truths to someone who can't hear you anymore and won't wake up?
The wonderful script is giving the answers of how the two characters are finding the exits of their respective labyrinths in a realistic and satisfactory way with an old horse involved that symbolically represents the past and the future.