Title: A Wonderful Period Piece
Review: A very appealing cast makes this movie, set in the early 1900s, an enjoyable time. Charlton Heston plays a gruff old farmer in Nova Scotia who has lost his son in the Boer War in South Africa. His son's boys come to live with him, their grandmother, and their daughter.The two boys are wonderfully played by two youngsters, Leo Wheatley and Charles Miller, the daughter is the beautiful Leah Pinsent, and the doctor by Bruce Greenwood. (Greenwood, who looks like a young Sam Neill, has gone on to have a fine movie career, and can be seen in 'The World's Fastest Indian'.)Grandfather James MacKenzie bears a hatred of the Boers (Dutch). The doctor, who falls in love with Kirsten, is a Boer.The young boys find a surprise on the family beach.With the exception of the surprise, the plot is a bit predictable, but the set design, the accents, and the acting is top notch.Recommended.
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