It is hard to review a movie like this one. Not much action, hardly few dialogues, or any dialogues for that matter. But you are glued to the screen. You care about the characters. You find the leading actress so young and beautiful. You don't know what to expect. Slowly paced development to its culmination moment. And the ending just breaks your heart. Everyone is a victim in this movie. Unfairness of life so to speak. The acting is very, including children. Well done. I love to see new faces in movies. All of the leading actors are unknown to me. I stopped watching movies with overexposed and overrated Hollywood actors and actresses . You can't connect with a character when actors are overexposed by media. And they are usually mediocre actors at best.
2 Reviews
Dairy farmer and mute wife live silent, desperate existence
maurice_yacowar12 January 2014
Warning: Spoilers
Allude to Medea in your film title and you're promising high passion
and a mystery meat pie even if you don't specify the gender of the
chef. Andrea Pallaoro provides none of that in Medeas.
Instead a quiet, psychological drama is played out on a failing dairy
farm in Southern California. But as Willy Loman demonstrated, even the
simplest human lives can wear a tragic dignity.
The classical register of the title corrects our initial sense that
this film is about the taciturn farmer and his mute wife's
communication problem. They have four boys, a blossoming teenage
daughter and now word of another baby on the way. The oldest boy
threatens the father's stern hold, especially when the mother is at
risk.
The father is characterised by his favourite game. He feigns
sleep/death/drowning, then roars to loud play-threat life. When he
intuits his wife's outside romance and his children growing away the
threat turns real. Only his wife survives.
See also
Awards | FAQ | User Ratings | External Reviews | Metacritic Reviews