paint by number story and mediocre act save by some authentic color and a few moment that be really wonderful and deeply felt . it do effectively capture the delicate transition of a girl into adulthood and and deal very sensitively and inventively with the cultural conflict the main family experience . unfortunately this germ of a good movie be imprison in an aimless and extremely convolute plot that manage to incorporate religious strife and a conflict over a road construction project and the sex life of secondary and even tertiary character and a mysterious man who live in the wood and a bunch of racist hooligan and at least three different carnival and the intricacy of local church politics and and on and on and on . and all of that doesn not even include the actual central plot and which be only about the hope and dream and and frustration of two girl ( and their entire family ) at the turn point of their life . i be actually shock when i realize the whole thing be suppose to take place over the course of one summer ( and that so much movie get accomplish in 1 . 5 hour . ) ultimately the movie be melodramatic and every plot point be predictable and major life alter event happen and then be forget about 10 minute later . and some of those event be extremely distasteful . most shockingly the fact that one of the character be involve in a horrible crime ( in a totally predictable twist ) and then be completely forgiven and the entire incident forgotten about from then on . similarly and a secondary character be introduce solely to die a couple minute later and provide another twist . it all totally mechanical and right up to the end that neatly tie up all the loose end ( well not all of them and just the one the movie think you care about . ) .