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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Murnau brings the same fluid, expressive visual storytelling to a marriage tested by temptation and misunderstanding, balancing lyrical romance with an almost tactile sense of place.
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Why this pick
Its isolated rural setting turns landscape into emotional pressure, with silent-era imagery and a vulnerable central woman facing a hostile new home.
03
Why this pick
A tender, visually poetic romance between people hemmed in by poverty and circumstance, carried by expressive performances and an unusually compassionate emotional tone.
04
Why this pick
Like City Girl, it finds immense feeling in ordinary working lives, using ambitious silent-camera movement to make love, disappointment, and resilience feel intimate.
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Why this pick
This delicate urban romance shares City Girl’s sympathy for workers longing to escape routine, with graceful silent visual language and a warm, unforced emotional pull.
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01 / THE STORY
In the years of the great depression, Lem Tustine is sent to the city by his father to sell the family farm's wheat crop. He meets Kate, a waitress who is sick of the endless bustle of the city and has dreams of living in the countryside. The stock market price of wheat starts to drop and Lem hurriedly sells the crop for far less than the bottom line his father had given him. Meanwhile, Lem has fallen in love with Kate and they marry. They travel back to the countryside, but Lem's father, angry at the disastrous wheat sale, subjects Kate to hostility and physical abuse, mistakenly believing that she is simply after Lem's money. Lem fails to stand up to his father in support of Kate and the relationship appears doomed. Matters are made worse when a group of farm hands arrive to help with the wheat harvest and one of them - Mac - tries to woo Kate away. Lem's father interprets Mac's unwanted attentions as evidence of Kate's wanton nature and swears to break Lem and Kate apart. When reports of a hurricane destroying the country's wheat crops arrives, Lem's father tries to get the crop in early by working through the night. In an attempt to gain Kate's affections Mac calls a strike to sabotage the harvest. Lem, reading a farewell letter from Kate, realizes that his own lack of action has caused all the misery, and finally responds. He fights with Mac, berates his father and then goes searching for Kate. The workers abandon Mac and return to finish the harvest. Lem and Kate talk and finally agree to try again. Lem's father begs forgiveness from Kate as the film ends.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Lem Tustine
Matey
Reaper
Mac
