A Distant Cry from Spring (1980)

What I needed.

This movie has nothing special going on, it’s an “everyday” life setting. You won’t find angst, frustration or over the top reactions. This is the simple farm life of a widow but this movie came to me at the right time because it’s exactly that simple storytelling that I was looking for.

I was at first looking for the 2018 version (I didn’t know this 1980 version existed). A kind person on here sent me the link to both versions and I watched both, that’s how good I enjoyed the movie. I started with the 1980 version and it’s my favorite of the two, it has more depth. Thank you for sending me both links!

What I enjoyed:

I enjoyed that my brain was not overstimulated with exaggerated editing. The actors looked like normal people living on the farm, they looked human. Humans with normal voices, pores, emotions on their faces, no excessive makeup, dirt etc…It was good to not see excessive and unnatural lighting, perfection in everything that we now have been forced to accept when it comes to visual entertainment.

I was reminded what great acting skills are. The story itself is simple but the actors pull you in thanks to their skills. The realness is what kept me engaged. I don’t know how to put into words why this movie touched me the way it did but I will simply say that it’s the “realness” of everything in it. It was a nice break from all the superficial entertainment.

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