Terence Davies’s Sunset Song brings Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s 1932 novel of the same name to vivid life with breathtaking beauty, delivering one woman’s epic tale. Chris, the daughter of a Scottish farmer, thinks outside the box of her limitations, including the tyranny of her father and the social constraints of her rural community. But the passing of the seasons and years brings unsuspected winds of change that Chris faces with necessary resilience. The movie’s mantra is stated best in Chris’ own voice: “Nothing endured but land, sea and sky; and the folk who lived there were but a breath.”
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