Masterpiece description of how life happens

Rating: 8/10 (17 September 2015)

To summarize this move is one sentence: Life happens.
This movie is a terrific description about how life just goes on. We fall in love, we live, people die, we make mistakes, we get closer to each other, we run away and come back. The consequences of our actions aren't always what we expect.. but they happen nonetheless.
It's a story of how a simple family is torn down to pieces and it cannot be attributed to one person or one's mistake of why it happens. People die in the movie, but spirit never does. It flows through generations. It's interesting to how the calamities of war happening far far away can cause rippling affects to a family living in a quieter part of the world.
This is one of the few movies I stopped rooting for a protagonist.. or searching for one, and just accepted them as they are. The characters are layered, well written and splendidly enacted. Aside from the brilliant performances of its actors, lead & supporting, the picturesque locations of the American mid-west play a major role in the film.
The only drawback might be the length of the film, still, don't miss it!