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Places in the Heart<\/em> (1984, USA) is one inspirational film from the 1980\u2019s. There is a trial from the outset, later becoming a story of overcoming the odds.<\/p>\n

The story<\/h4>\n

Bad news comes to the Deep South, 1935.<\/p>\n

In the midst of the Great Depression, a death comes to the Spalding family.<\/p>\n

On his duties as Sheriff, Edna Spalding\u2019s husband is accidentally shot by a boy who is drunk.<\/p>\n

This is the \u201cinciting incident\u201d (using Robert McKee\u2019s term for the event that propels the story forward).<\/p>\n

The inciting incident in Places in the Heart<\/em> is a tragedy.<\/p>\n

Edna becomes a widow who hasn\u2019t enough money to pay back the bank. The bank wants her house as pay back.<\/p>\n

As well, the black community is in mourning over one of their sons becoming a social statistic. Wiley\u2019s accidental killing of the Sheriff is punished or avenged by others in the community.<\/p>\n

Triumph over adversity<\/h4>\n

All the same, Places in the Heart<\/em> is a story of triumph over adversity.<\/p>\n

Help is on the way from an unlikely quarter in a period of time of heightened racial tensions and suspicion.<\/p>\n

Moze (Danny Glover) is given an almost impossible chance to work with Edna (Sally Field) so she can pay the bank what is owed.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Danny<\/a>
Danny Glover (Pictured) played Moze in 1984’s Places in the Heart. Image sourced via google images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

Moze is an expert at cotton farming and can advise Edna on how to go about it. If they can pick enough cotton to pay back the bank, they have won this moment in life.<\/p>\n

The conclusion<\/h4>\n

This real life story is topped off by a remarkably moving ending, of what life can look like when people reconcile, and what life can look like as they draw from deeper wells, the things that can reinvigorate lives, the things that can draw people together rather than leaving them in unresolved disharmony and conflict.<\/p>\n

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Notes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Sally Field (Edna Spalding), Lindsay Crouse (Margaret Lomax), Ed Harris (Wayne Lomax), Amy Madigan (Viola Kelsey), John Malkovich (Mr. Will), Danny Glover (Moze)<\/p>\n

Robert Benton (Writer\/Director)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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