an unusual and revisionist western and well worth watch . despite a slow start and the film build with scarcely any dialogue and no subtitle an increasingly involve and intense and almost existential portrait of life in the harsh environment of the western desert . the growth of the lead character be worth wait for and and the strong central cast bring a real sense of desperation to the struggle for ownership of the all important horse . how interesting that this be make by a british director . i hope he smile now represent i get the impression the film be largely ignore by contemporary while but time work it usual alchemy and and hidden gold shine out a it inevitably must . one note jar for me represent the revisionism be only carry so far . sam waterston a an indian . grant he play his part with real emotion and intensity and but really and couldn not one american indian actor be find to do the job . but his scene with caroline langrishe have an intimacy which contrast nicely with the immense landscape around them . forget big and bankrupt hollywood version of the past and men with big chin and swirl music while this one be all about a primeval struggle between protagonist who and strip of all the trapping of ordinary life and come to understand what be worth fight for . impressive .