Ernest Borgnine's final starring role is a quiet gut-punch about land, legacy, and who gets to decide what's 'progress.'
An elderly farmer finds out that he owes a huge inheritance tax. Land developers show up to offer him a predatory deal. His neighbors are having similar problems. That's when an old acquaintance of his arrives for a visit and lends a hand.
Acting
Borgnine's weathered final performance, all stubborn tenderness.
Cinematography
Michigan farmland as character, not backdrop.
Writing
Dialogue that trusts silence over speechifying.
Director
Richard Brauer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot entirely in Michigan's Leelanau County using local non-actors for supporting roles.
Released during the 2000s farmland crisis; the inheritance tax plot mirrored real epidemic of family farm losses.
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