Vigil

Vigil

1984 · 90 min · EN · PG · 6.8 (18 votes)
Dir. Vincent Ward · Starring Penelope Stewart, Frank Whitten, Bill Kerr, Fiona Kay, Gordon Shields · Music Jack Body
Drama

Toss lives on a sheep farm with her father in New Zealand. When Toss's father dies in an accident, Ethan, an itinerant hunter, wanders onto the family farm and is given a job by her grandfather. Toss's fairly innocent relationship with Ethan is severed when he forms a relationship with her mother.

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A stark, quiet film about the slow unfolding of life and love in a remote landscape. It feels like a deep breath of cold air, carrying the weight of unspoken emotions and the stark beauty of the natural world.

melancholicintrospectiveausterewistfulslow-burnnaturalisticarthouse dramarural gothiclossfamilyisolationcoming-of-age
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