But Zhao remains committed to capturing the joys and hardship of residential life where everyone has to hustle for money but beauty, friends and family are everywhere to be seen. There's not a huge amount of plot outside this main conflict and the characters mostly amble in and out of situations and conversations with very little narrative threads connecting them. where he knows no one and has nothing, in order to follow his girlfriend who has a full ride scholarship and who will be living in the dorms at school. As graduation approaches Johnny faces a difficult decision stay on the res where opportunity is limited but where he can take care of his sister and mother, or leave for L.A. A 3rd full sibling, Cody, is imprisoned, while the siblings' mother doesn't quite seem up to the task of taking care of any of her children. Reviewed by ReganRebecca 8 / 10 Beautiful and moving portrait of small town lifeįirst time director Chloe Zhao takes her cues from Terrence Malick in this beautiful portrait of two siblings on the Pine Ridge Res.ĭeShaun is the youngest of two full biological siblings, taken care of by her older brother Johnny, who is about to graduate high school.
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