Pearl Diver 2004

     Hannah Eberly is a writer and she lives in New York.  One novel she has written has been published.  Her sister Marian Miller is married and she has a young daughter Rebecca.  Marian and her husband live on a farm in the Mennonite farming community of Goshen, Indiana where Hannah grew up.  Marian's husband John is baling hay with a baling machine and he doesn’t see Rebecca come up by the machine.  The machine hits her and she suffers injuries to her head and her right eye.  Immediately, her parents take her to the local hospital.  Hannah comes to stay in their mother’s house to help the family if she can.  Their mother was killed when the girls were both young.  Marian and John are having trouble with their insurance and it won’t even cover all the expenses for Rebecca’s hospital stay.  Rebecca will need to see specialists to improve her condition and the appearance of her injuries.

     Hannah and Marian used to be very close when they were young.  Now they seem to be different people as adults and also they don’t live near each other.  They can’t seem to agree on anything anymore and Hannah misses their closeness.  They both had a shock that brought them very close when their mother was killed.  Hannah would like to return to the type of closeness they had before.  She is hoping they will be able to reconnect during this time they are together again.  Another complication is that Marian and her husband are practicing Mennonites.  Hannah was raised in this community but she has moved further away from their traditions in Chicago where she lives.  3* (This movie is OK)

97 min, Drama directed by Sidney King with Emily Stoltzfus, Jeremy Glickstein, Joey Honsa, Amy Jean Johnson, Maddie Abshire, Brian Boland, Bob Miller, Evgeniy Lazarev, Kim Stauffer, Cary Leiter, Arden Weiner, Christopher Collard, Edwin Wilson, Jim Bowen, Laura Gouin.

Note:  Imdb 5.7 out of 10, 17% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 3* out of 5* with 15 reviews.

Special Note:  Filmed in Chicago, Illinois and Goshen, Indiana.  This film was shot in 17 days.