Stop the Pounding Heart
Drama
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2013
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Sara is a young girl raised in a family of goat farmers. Her parents homeschool their twelve children, rigorously following the precepts of the Bible. Like her sisters, Sara is taught to be a devout woman, subservient to men while keeping her emotional and physical purity intact until marriage. When Sara meets Colby, a young amateur bull rider, she is thrown into crisis, questioning the only way of life she has ever known.
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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
101 min
Release date:
5 Dec 2013
Country:
BE, IT, US
Languages:
French, English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
5 wins & 8 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Minervini places these two non-actors in the same arena and no sparks whatsoever fly. It's a tedious, patience-testing experience that could reward only cinephiles and the curious.
– Brad Wheeler,
Globe and Mail,
12 Mar 2015
fresh:
Authenticity is the warm blood that pumps through "Stop the Pounding Heart," a low key but mesmerizing look at adolescent awakening in a fundamentalist family.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
6 Mar 2015
fresh:
"Stop the Pounding Heart" transcends both the red state-blue state split and limited, didactic ideas of cinematic realism.
– A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
18 Sep 2014
fresh:
A modest film made with an authenticity that commands respect, Stop the Pounding Heart adopts fundaments of neorealism and cinema verite to consider issues of faith, family and personal conviction.
– David Rooney,
Hollywood Reporter,
16 Sep 2014
fresh:
Characters who might have been portrayed as Bible Belt nut-jobs come off as unconditionally loving.
– Sam Weisberg,
Village Voice,
16 Sep 2014