In 1910, a Chicago steelworker accidentally kills his boss and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and young sister to harvest wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer. Malick captures it all with dreamlike authenticity, creating both a timeless American idyll and a gritty evocation of turn-of-the-century labor.
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In 1910, a Chicago steelworker accidentally kills his boss and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and young sister to harvest wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer. Malick captures it all with dreamlike authenticity, creating both a timeless American idyll and a gritty evocation of turn-of-the-century labor.
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