So here's a movie about two poor kids who befriend a snow-white horse. The kids love fairy tales and cowboy movies, and they escape from the projects on the back of the horse, who takes them on sort of a tour of Ireland.
And the horse is named after Fairyland.
And the horse might just be the reincarnation of the boys' mother.
There is a reason why "Into the West" isn't nearly as hellish as it sounds here, and it's Gabriel Byrne. He plays the boys' father, a former "gypsy" (more correctly, a Traveler) who gave up the road after his wife died. He has sunken ever deeper into depression the more his youngest son grows to remind him of her, and this is the real focus of the film and it's emotional core. "West" is truly beautiful and has some great pathos.
And the horse is named after Fairyland.
And the horse might just be the reincarnation of the boys' mother.
There is a reason why "Into the West" isn't nearly as hellish as it sounds here, and it's Gabriel Byrne. He plays the boys' father, a former "gypsy" (more correctly, a Traveler) who gave up the road after his wife died. He has sunken ever deeper into depression the more his youngest son grows to remind him of her, and this is the real focus of the film and it's emotional core. "West" is truly beautiful and has some great pathos.