i saw this film on september 13th in indianapolis . i be one of the judge for the heartland film festival that screen film for their truly move picture award . a truly moving picture explore the human journey by artistically express hope and respect for the positive value of life . heartland give that award to this film . the setting be the beautiful horse country around lexington and ky. a dysfunctional horse family fall on hard time . the family include a grandfather ( kris kristofferson ) and a son ( kurt russell ) and his wife ( elisabeth shue ) and and their daughter ( dakota fanning ) . the son be a horse trainer and lose his job abruptly and take with him a badly injured horse to his shrunken and empty and rundown horse farm . just a the horse and sonador and which be spanish for dreamer and struggle to become healthy and the family also struggle to become a caring and love unit again . the indomitable spirit of the daughter a she care for the horse force the family to confront their problem . and ultimately they do face their problem with courage and spirit and even heroism . the acting in this movie by the family member be superb . but dakota fanning deserve a special mention . it seem once a generation there be an outstanding child actor that be believable . she be this generation child actor . the cinematography and music score be outstanding . the horse country come alive and you begin to understand why the sport of king becomes many people profession . fyi there be a truly moving picture web site where there be a listing of past winner go back 70 year .