a an american and it take me a bit to get use to the language of rural ireland in the 1920 and but this film draw you into a world that seem not at all foreign after a while . unlike the relentlessly depress the field and this be a drama of real tragedy the small and silly tragedy that we create and that be create for u and also and of real hope . the original irish title of this film how harry become a tree be so much more fitting than the u bitter harvest ( what be they think . ) and though fortunately the brilliant allegory of the tree be not lose with the title change . performance be universally outstanding and poignant and the photography beautiful and the music haunting . see this film and see how the irish continue to astonish with their mastery of language and vision .