Ein Brief ihres ältesten Bruders verrät, warum Jills idealistische Hippie-Kindheit langsam in einen ideologischen Albtraum abdriftete. Auf einer Reise zwischen verlorenen Bildern und längst vergessenen Stimmen nähert sich Jill den Geheimnissen darüber, wer ihr Vater war, wie er ihre Familie spaltete und warum ihre Mutter nie über das Geschehene sprechen konnte.
It was before Jill was born that her parents left a society they no longer believed in. In the mid 70’s Ted and Joann bought 1000 acres of secluded wilderness on the Canadian-Montana border and went back to the land. Together with their 4 sons, they built their dream and became what Joann called “experts in living with the rules of nature”. Jill was born into the wild and for Ted the birth of his only daughter was nothing more than proof that they where “doing the only right thing”. However, when Jill’s brothers grow older, and one of them ex- presses his wish to go to college, her father’s true convictions start to surface. Ted never trusted the collective society, and when his son, Colt, leaves against his will, he begins to tighten his regime. With Colt gone the family falls out of balance and Joann starts to question the secluded life they had chosen. Her doubts though only fuel Ted’s obsessions of protecting his family from something that doesn’t exist.
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