THE FAMILY

By Dan SLATER

WEST FILM - as PROD

Thriller - Completed 2021

Raised to fear what lurks beyond the borders of their farm, a young family must free themselves from the tyrannical rule of their merciless Father and Mother.

Festivals
& Awards

Busan IFF 2021
World Cinema
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Thriller
    • Countries
    • CANADA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 110 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Dan SLATER
    • Synopsis
    • On an isolated farm in what appears to be the 1800’s, a family is ruled by their tyrannical father who preaches fire and brimstone and their devout mother who demands obedience. Their father exploits their fear of a punishing creator, an existential threat living beyond the confines of the farm.

      When Father brings a new person into the family, Caleb begins to question his upbringing, seeing through the cracks of his father's words. As he plots an uprising, pitting himself against his hell-bent father, he soon discovers that everything that has been told to him is a lie.