The scope of the terrain makes the characters feel impossibly small.
The nature of Appalachia feels as opposing and oppressing as this ensembles idea of God.
And all of this is punctuated by crickets, cicadas, and other music of the natural world.
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Even when you don’t."
These films about faith garnered praise from audiences and critics alike.
Hope’s experiences outside the mountain-side religious commune don’t make her more empathetic to Mara.
It’s further complicated by the reality that Hope is the grandmother to the pregnancy Mara is concealing.
Even Maras attempts to feel close to her mysteriously absent mother are rebuffed.
The Holy Ghost never saw you as a stranger.
Go on, take that off.
It’s one of a few ominous threads regarding Mara’s mother.
Taking her mama."
Between Hopes strict and devout maternity and the unknowns of Maras mother, theres Dilly.
Kaitlyn Dever is shy, meek, and tender-hearted.
And so, on behalf of God.
But it falls on deaf ears.
As Mara becomes more human to him, his response is anything but righteous.
