Her mother ( Marci Miller ) is a delicate and beautiful figure, trying to preserve a stable home life to the best of her abilities. She returns home, where we get to meet her father Abe ( Kip Pardue ) who does a fantastic job of balancing between remaining the positive role model Gitty deserves, while struggling with the harsh reality that they’re very close to losing the farm. Given the dreamy vibe, we’re not who Jonathan is whether a figment of Gitty’s imagination, a friend or foe whether he’s hiding out or captured.Īt his request, she admonishes Gitty to keep his presence secret. An old grain silo hangs at the back of the farm and Gitty discovers a man Jonatan (Richard Schiff) trapped inside. The influence is clear from the get go, with an opening shot gazing into the setting sun reflecting upon the corn stalks, moving up and tilting down as a little girl Gitty ( Peyton Kennedy ) chases an imaginary mouse through the stalks. Reading a bit about Hamilton’s bio and hearing her Q&A at the fest, she interned for Terrence Malick on The Tree of Life, admitting at SDFF that the experience had a significant impact. This is some heavy stuff, and Hamilton makes the magnificent choice to include it all within an Aesop setting, focusing on the classic tale of the Lion and the Mouse where - for those forgetting - a mouse comes across a trapped lion who convinces the mouse to save him, then killing the mouse once free. Looking back, the film seems to pull from Louis Malles God’s Country, which highlighted the struggles of Midwestern Farmers in the early 80s as they struggled with Reagan’s deregulatory policies that were smothering small farmers who couldn’t compete with their corporate competitor’s deep pockets having much of their relief stunted as the agro-subsidies were cut off. The film has been aptly described as a fairytale thriller, focusing on a farmer and his family, taking place in 1982, as America’s agriculture was undergoing a massive and fast big business consolidation. For the first time, perhaps since Kelly Reichart or Lynne Ramsy stepped into the game, there is a fresh female voice that I imagine all filmmakers - men and women alike - could look to for inspiration. When I hear that more women need to be at the director’s helm, it’s a voice like Anne Hamilton’s which shows the grand potential. Aside from the sense of honor I felt in having our micro budget feature contend with a film of this stature, I was pleased to see the female voice behind it. I saw American Fable at San Diego Film Festival where our film Road to the Well joined it in competition. Producer: Anne Hamilton and Kishori Rajan
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