After spending 20 years in the U.S., native Yugoslavian Malden heads back to the small farming village of his mother country. There he takes charge of his two grandchildren (Nash and Roth) while their parents work in West Germany. Thelan is the local schoolteacher who implores Malden to
lessen Nash's chores on the farm so the boy can go to school. By the time of the aged Malden's death at the end of the film, the children have completely taken over the farm, rejecting their parents' devil-may-care attitude for Malden's homebodiness. Malden's performance is touching and sincere in
this unusual production, but unfortunately the rest of the film is mediocre. The suppo...
Released:
1983
Rated:
PG
Length:
112 mins