In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.
Directed by Terrence Malick
chicago, illinois
farm
husband wife relationship
love triangle
texas
marriage
field
love
poverty
class differences
farmer
jealous husband
harvest
relaxed
ambiguous
Rank
#7 in 1978·#1218 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
4.1 / 5
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Cast
Richard Gere
Bill
Brooke Adams
Abby
Sam Shepard
The Farmer
Linda Manz
Linda
Robert J. Wilke
The Farm Foreman
Stuart Margolin
Mill Foreman
Timothy Scott
Harvest Hand
Richard Libertini
Vaudeville Leader
Terrence Malick
Mill Worker (uncredited)
Crew
Terrence Malick
Director
Terrence Malick
Writer
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Néstor Almendros
Director of Photography
Bert Schneider
Producer
John Bailey
Camera Operator
Haskell Wexler
Additional Photography
Jack Fisk
Art Direction
Robert Gould
Set Decoration
Geno Havens
Casting Assistant
Marion Segal
Additional Editor
Leo Kottke
Additional Music
Popular Reviews
1040 reviews
Hannes
8.8★ · 04/26/26
Todays films need to be this beautiful!!!
Todays films need to be this beautiful!!!
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brunettegsundae
10.0★ · 05/20/26
Nobody's perfect. There was never a perfect person around. You just have half-angel and half-devil in you
There’s some melancholy in that obsessive search for better days. It all seems far away. The sun shines on your face, trying to make you not feel invisible, but you still feel small in all the immensity of nature, wealth, and labor It’s so beautiful, so rough, and we listen to their story through a girl who doesn’t understand much about our world, but understands that she already had her days of heaven
Nobody's perfect. There was never a perfect person around. You just have half-angel and half-devil in you
There’s some melancholy in that obsessive search for better days. It all seems far away. The sun shines on your face, trying to make you not feel invisible, but you still feel small in all the immensity of nature, wealth, and labor It’s so beautiful, so rough, and we listen to their story through a girl who doesn’t understand much about our world, but understands that she already had her days of heaven
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Finlay McRoberts
9.0★ · 04/29/26
That's my studying done
That's my studying done
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Danny Marshall
8.0★ · 04/05/26
Visually stunning to say the least. Truly might be one of my favorite films visually. The pacing was a bit too slow in the beginning but the later half hit its groove. The last thirty minutes raised my rating for sure. This is my second Malick film and definitely not my last.
I really hope The Way of the Wind gets released soon. Happy Easter!
Visually stunning to say the least. Truly might be one of my favorite films visually. The pacing was a bit too slow in the beginning but the later half hit its groove. The last thirty minutes raised my rating for sure. This is my second Malick film and definitely not my last.
I really hope The Way of the Wind gets released soon. Happy Easter!
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Stefan krieken
4.8★ · 10/30/25
You know how Tarantino has a foot fetish? Terrence has the same but for sunsets and lens flares
You know how Tarantino has a foot fetish? Terrence has the same but for sunsets and lens flares
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