A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.
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A screen poem about life in America at the turn of the century. A story of love and murder told through the voice of a child and expressive images of nature in 1916. A steelworker flees Chicago after a fight with his boss; he takes his little sister and girlfriend with him.
"Simply one of the most ravishing films ever made, luminous in a way that no other movie has been." - London Evening Standard
"A rich and rewarding experience, then as now celebrated for its intricacy and slowness." - Guardian
"One of the great cinematic achievements of the 1970s." - Variety
"This is the towering, unconventional power of a true artist." - Empire magazine
"Perhaps the most typical example of a '70s American art film -- daring, romantic, rebellious but also filled with longing for the beauty of the past." - Chicago Tribune
"Almost incontestably the most gorgeously photographed film ever made." - Village Voice