Sara is fourteen and has been homeschooled with her eleven siblings. She has been raised in accordance with the teachings of the Bible and has been brought up to believe in subservience to male authority. She is a loving young woman who has an affinity with the goats that they farm for a living and takes care of the younger children.
Then she meets Colby who is an amateur bull rider and all of a sudden she begins to questions her long held beliefs and attitudes.
This is a film from Roberto Minervini who has been described as an ethnographer in is films. It is easy to see why, as he uses the camera to observe rather than to dictate what happens on screen. It has the feeling of documentary rather than film. It feels as though everyone are just being themselves and there is no actual 'acting' taking place. The scenes have a casual beauty in how even the mundane is captured and there is no attempt to make judgements on any of the things that take place.
This is a film for those who like to savour their cinema; that do not need to be rushed or told what the message is. It is gentle and even poetic in many ways and fans of 'action' movies should probably avoid. I found it to be almost mesmerising in many ways, you just go along for the ride and never expect what will take place next. This was part of the official selection at Cannes and you can see why. This I can wholeheartedly recommend to people who like something different yet rewarding from films.