Synopsis/Details
Vermont countryside, 1922. In voice-over, a poet sets the stage for the settling in of winter on a mountain pasture. Then a little Morgan colt becomes startled and seeks shelter near the mountain wall. He even attempts to run away from the falling snow, not knowing that it will follow wherever he goes. A father and son, on their evening walk, stop to observe the animal; they understand that the colt needs his mother, for he does not realize he will survive the snow and that winter does not last forever, anyway. The father and son leave the young horse to his own devices as they return home, where the boy’s mother awaits them. In voice-over, the poet promises that winter will pass, spring will come, and life will return—or, like the colt, persist.
Story & Logistics
Story Type:
Getaway
Story Situation:
Pursuit
Story Conclusion:
Ambiguous
Linear Structure:
Linear
Moral Affections:
Innocence, Intemperance
Cast Size:
Couple
Locations:
Single
Special Effects:
Minor cgi
Characters
Lead Role Ages:
Male Adult, Male under 13
Hero Type:
Ordinary
Villian Type:
Mother Nature
Stock Character Types:
Boy next door, Everyman
Advanced
Adaption:
Based on Existing Fiction
Subgenre:
Action/Adventure, Animal, Drama, Literary Adaption, Mountain, Small-town Life
Action Elements:
Physical Stunts
Life Topics:
Childhood, Childhood Adventure
Time Period:
Interwar period (1918–1939), Late modern period, Machine Age (1880–1945), Roaring Twenties (1920–1929)
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Time of Year:
Winter
Relationship Topics:
Activities, Affinity, Bonding, Emotions and feelings, Endings, Separation
Writer Style:
Horton Foote, Larry McMurtry, William Faulkner
