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Synopsis: The beauty of the land cannot mask the brutality of a farm town. As harvest draws near, Betty confronts a terrifying new reality and will go to desperate lengths to save her family when they are threatened with being forced from their land. An old friend, struggling to keep his own farm profitable by any means necessary-offers Betty a way out. She refuses to get involved, but as the pressures mount for her family and they are on the brink of eviction, her husband, Frank, reveals that he is seriously ill. How far will one to go to take care of one's own? Recalling all that is heartland Americana, this film combines an ecological urgency with a compelling yet sensitive story.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Kimberly Levin
Production: Monterey Media
  4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
R
Year:
2014
90 min
$7,465
Website
25 Views


I'm in ladies underwear.

Can I help you?

My, how you've grown.

Get that thing off

before someone sees you.

What do you think about me

going as like a transgender

vampire for Halloween?

Think your father's right.

If you spend as

much energy trying

to fit in as you do

trying to stick out,

you'd be a lot happier.

Everyone's the

same around here.

Fin, that's not fair.

You're right.

There are guys who wear

Carhartts, drive trucks,

and smoke cigarettes

and then there

are guys who wear Carhartts,

drive trucks, and shoot

a bad cow.

Very clever.

Hello, Mrs. Freeman, hello.

Hi, Stephen.

Where's Sam?

Where's Sam?

Oh, he's, ah, he's somewhere.

I'll go find Sam.

That boy is everywhere.

OK, open your fist.

Why don't you just

go as yourself?

Or you could go as

a mean older brother.

Then we won't need any costumes.

Or I could go as a bullfighter.

Well, you have to

make up your own mind.

Come on, boys.

Let's clear up the table.

For Paula, for

pretty Paula, for P--

Shut it.

You keep him and

hawing, there's

not got going to be time to

make anything for Halloween.

SAM:
You could go as Paula.

Paula.

Your girlfriend Paula.

Shut it.

There's my boy.

Hey.

Hi, Finley.

Fin, would you go

check your brother,

make sure he's

getting ready for bed?

Can't he do

anything by himself?

BETTY:
Finley, get.

K. Well, uh, I'll-

I'll see you at work.

You will catch me at work.

BETTY:
Paula.

What?

He makes me feel better.

[chuckle]

MAN (ON RADIO):
Did it grow?

Last summer's drought was a

killer for retail food prices.

We talk a lot of about

consumers, but the farmer--

[dog barking]

SAM:
Off with your head.

Can't believe you were

sleeping with all that light

in your eyes.

Made up my mind.

Of course you have.

I'm going to

Scratch's with you.

Don't you want to be

home with the boys?

Oh, they're fine.

They're sick of me.

I want to start working again.

I don't want you around it.

I've seen the papers.

Papers, barn.

Frank.

We have time.

[music playing on radio]

Hey, Fin.

Hey, Paula.

[inaudible].

Yeah.

Here, give that to me.

Thanks.

Thanks for the car.

Good luck.

All right.

It's nice to meet you.

Morning, guys.

Hey, Jimmy.

Got the atrazine

to the crop duster.

Uh, where's Scratch at?

Out with the birds.

Oh, you go see Scratch

and I'm going to unload.

Been a few years since

you've been out here.

You're getting a little

bony for my taste.

Well, I ain't one of

your sows, Scratch.

Well, it's not

daddy's farm anymore.

Mm-mm.

We're doing too

much, to be honest.

I can hardly keep

things straight.

We should, uh, we should

set up a regular shipment.

Frank and I have

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