This film is so dark. As we watch this farmer and his daughter trying to stay alive by eating what appear to be potatoes or some sort of tubers, making enough from using an old horse to haul for others, one gets tired. This is a bit apocalyptic in that there seems to be nothing to strive for other than to get through another day. There is a danger around them but we don't know what most of the world is doing. One thing we notice right away is that there are no smiles--no joy of any kind. These are humans and like many animals; they could be found dead one day and it would be a fact of life and the rest of the world would go on. And to add a kicker, that horse is getting older and older.
Review of The Turin Horse
