
Boys and Girls
Her brother Laird begins to realize his privilege and, also, how his parents have higher expectations for him. In one scene, Laird climbs a ladder to the top beam, while the young girl eggs him on. When their parents arrive, she hopes that Laird will be in trouble, but instead, she is. They yell at her for not "watching her brother" and tending to him as he climbs the ladder.
The young girl develops a close relationship with her horse, Flora, and feels a sense of freedom when she is riding her. The film shows that the family only keeps horses so that they can be used in hunting or so their meat can be fed to the foxes they keep. Flora becomes sick during the winter and the father approaches her, ready to slaughter her to feed to the foxes. However, Flora tries to escape. When Flora runs towards the gate at the end of the farm, the young girl's father yells for her to close it, but instead she opens it wider and the horse escapes. The girl does not regret it.

- Cast
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Megan Follows, David Fox, Clare Coulter, Ian Heath
- Director
- Don McBrearty
- Produced By
- Seaton McLean, Janice L. Platt
- Language
- English
