I watched this all the way through last night, not leaving the theater until the credits rolled in the hopes of seeing something unexpected, however these hopes were in vain. There is no need to tag my review with "Spoilers" because there is no need to write out any of the plot which might be considered a spoiler. Just imagine what the most predictable plotline might be, and at each stage write down what the least imaginative development or characterization might be, and you will have a good approximation of the film.

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There is a very overt - in fact so explicit the viewer might feel hit over the head with it - parallel drawn between the alienation experienced by an actual extraterrestrial and someone who is more sensitive, compassionate, introverted than is usual in a small rural village. A madman is as harmless and innocent as a domestic animal. I found the way Prishelets unfolds this formulaic in the extreme.

The camera work was fine, the location beautiful. The child was really well cast.

Perhaps this film might be necessary watching to check it off a list of alien visitation movies, or to complete one's viewing of the director or lead's repertoire but otherwise I'm not sure what would recommend it.

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