The Horse Boy
How far would you travel to heal someone you love? Screened at the Labia November / December 2011.
The Horse Boy How far would you travel to heal someone you love? | ||||
| By popular demand will screen again in December Daily at 4.00pm Thursday 15 to Thursday 22 December At Labia on Orange Book with Labia at 021 424 5927 Running time 93 minutes | ||||
An autistic boy’s profound affinity for horses inspires a Texas couple to set off on a daring adventure, in this understated festival favourite. With modern medical approaches having failed them, Rupert Isaacson, a writer and former horse trainer, and his wife Kristin Neff, a psychology professor, travel with their son on horseback through the rugged wilderness of Outer Mongolia in search of the elusive nomadic reindeer herders, where a mysterious shaman is said to have extraordinary powers of healing. An inspirational journey of the spirit, and a stirring testament to parental love. The film does more than chronicle a boy and his parents’ journey across the vast, wild landscape of Mongolia. It delves into the strange world of autism itself, the relationship between humans and animals and between different cultures and different ways of being, and the nature of healing. Directed by Michel Orion Scott, The Horse Boy is part travel adventure, part insight into shamanic healing and part intimate look at the autistic mind. In telling one family's extraordinary story, the film gives voice to the thousands who display amazing courage and creativity everyday in the battle against this mysterious and heartbreaking epidemic. The filmic companion to Rupert Isaacson's best-selling book of the same name, this ravishing documentary odyssey gives insight into how, in life's darkest moments, one can find the gateway to joy and wonder. | ||||
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SOME REVIEWS Gary Goldstein, LOS ANGELES TIMES An extraordinary journey of the heart and spirit, and a stirring testament to parenthood. Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Lyrical, heartbreaking and deeply stirring! | ||||