This is a movie I have seen many times, and watched a couple times over the last weeks, but not sure if I still understand it. I saw a report talking about this movie. It addresses the question, "To what extent should a parent direct the life of a teenage child?" This movie shows a father and a son, who are at odds with each other. We do not see the mother, but the movie implies she is too busy pursuing earthly things. The movie starts with the son being arrested, and sent to juvenile court. Father confronts him, but in the end chases him away. He runs to his part time job (which his father disapproves of) watching horses. He is given a place to stay and a job. The movie presents his love of horses, and after some time, there is a chance for reconciliation, but it gets messed up. The problem is Father just can't see things from his son's point of view. He takes off on a horse, and father following on surface streets in a car. They remain at odds.
So I wonder, what is the point of the movie, if we don't see a successful resolution.
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