My Name Is Sam (2020) - full transcript
An Amish Family struggling in an oppressive religion who breakthrough their fear to find freedom.
[HORSE HOOVES CLATTERING]
♪ instrumental music playing
♪ instrumental music playing
♪ instrumental music playing
♪ instrumental music playing
♪ instrumental music playing
[SAWING SOUND]
[COW MOOING]
[SAWING CONTINUES]
[COW MOOING]
♪
♪ She's my
woman and I'm her man. ♪
♪ She has an hourglass figure,
just a little extra sand. ♪
♪ She makes me happy,
yeah she makes me glad... ♪
[PLUCKING GUITAR STRINGS]
- Jacob!
[CONTINUES PLUCKING
GUITAR STRINGS]
Jacob!
Jacob?
- Look what he made.
- Jacob!
- I've been doing side jobs.
- You have?
How much have you been making?
- 75 cents an hour.
- You know you are to give us
all your money until you are 21.
Where did you
get this worldly evil thing?
- I borrowed it.
- From who?
- Richard.
- Well, you are
going to take it back to him,
right after you
take this to the chopping block.
You stay away
from that English boy.
- Mom, why do we have to
have coffee soup all the time?
- Because we don't
have any cereal.
- [both]: I do.
- Jake, we're going
to be late for church again.
- It's almost 10 after 9.
- All right,
I'll be there in a minute.
♪ church music singing
[WOMAN SOBS]
- And now, we
will ask Anny to stand
for her confession.
Anny, is it true that
you are bonding closely with
your children
by embracing them with hugs?
- Anny, is it also
true that you gave your
daughter a coloring book?
- You may
begin your confession.
- I admit I have done wrong.
And I confess
to God and to the church.
[SOBBING]
I will do better.
- Jake,
can I see you for a moment?
- Sure, Amos.
- The elders and I have noticed
that you've been coming to
church late.
- Yeah, I'm sorry, Amos.
I'm a bit tired.
I've been working a lot.
- I will pray for you.
- I appreciate that, Amos.
Have a good day.
- Amos!
Amos!
Can you get out?
Mom! Mom!
Amos fell in the pit crap.
- He what?
- I tried
to help him, but I couldn't!
He's stuck!
- Let's go.
[BOY CRYING] Oh, Amos!
- Mom, over here!
Help!
[BOY WAILING] - Oh, Amos!
- Amos!
- Take him to the water tank.
- Amos, come on.
You need to get washed off.
- Oh, my goodness.
- Piu!
- Oh, jeez.
- This is the moment
when I realized how badly
I needed
my mother to hug me.
I wanted to
feel their hands on me,
the way
they were on Amos.
- He went like this.
- No, Samuel!
♪ music playing
[HORSE WHINNIES]
- Hi, Anny, Jake.
- Well, hello, there.
- Hello, Pete.
- Hey, Anny.
How you doing, Jake?
- Good, how are you doing?
- Good.
Something sure smells good.
- Well, I just
made a pan of brownies.
Would you like a piece?
- I would love a piece.
Thank you.
- Hey, I'll
take one of those.
- Hey, Jake,
where's Samuel?
- Well, he's at the house,
getting cleaned up.
- Is he ready
for the slaughter?
- You know, I think so.
I'll just say,
he's not too excited about it.
- Are you sure he's
old enough for this slaughter?
- Oh, he'll be fine.
- Well, I just
don't think it's a good idea.
He seems to
be a bit too young.
- We all started young.
- Yeah, I agree with Jake.
We do start young.
I wouldn't worry about it.
- Today, I have learned
that pigs get killed and eaten,
and horses do not,
because horses are useful.
- Samuel, come here.
- Let's go.
- Later in the afternoon,
I saw my father go hunting
with Pepper.
But Pepper did
not come home with my father.
- Jake, have you seen Pepper?
What's wrong?
- You remember a
couple weeks ago when
I went hunting with him?
He got into
a fight with a coon.
And he got bit.
I just didn't
say anything because
I thought
everything would be fine.
- So you
think he has rabies?
- Oh, most certainly.
- Well, some of the kids
are out looking for him.
- Sarah, I had
to put him down.
- What are we
going to tell the kids?
- We'll tell
him that he ran off.
- Samuel already
saw you walking off with him.
They think
you went hunting.
- Well, then we'll them
he ran off while I was hunting.
Sarah, don't worry.
They will not find him.
He is way back,
deep in the woods.
- Pepper!
- Pepper!
- Pepper!
- Pepper!
- Look!
♪ suspenseful music playing
[TWO GUNSHOTS]
- After we found Pepper,
I did not know what
to think anymore.
♪ sad music playing
- Marie.
- They found
him in the woods.
I knew I should
have buried him.
- Pepper will come back.
- How will
he come back, Mom?
- Well, um...
One day, there's going to be
a big fire all over the earth.
And that fire will
crackle and bang so loud that
the banging will
wake up the dead people,
and they'll go to heaven.
And that's when
Pepper will come back, also.
Right, Jake?
- Uh...
Yeah.
I--I heard
it's something like that.
Mm-hmm.
♪ music playing
[BOY SHIVERING AND WHEEZING]
[GUNSHOT]
[HEAVILY BREATHING]
- Hey, it looks
like there's still some hot
coals down there,
so just keep your hands close
to there until
we get a fire going, OK?
- It's days like this where
we really need a driver.
- Guys, I made this.
- I made this.
- I wish we
could make snowballs.
- It would be fun.
- Yeah, but if we
threw dirt at each other,
we would get all dusty.
- Look.
- Oh, by the way,
I saw those pictures of
the earth at school again.
- You know that is not true.
There's no way
those pictures are real.
- Don't you
believe what they're
telling you about the earth.
- That's what I thought.
- Oh, Samuel, no!
I said no!
How am I supposed to get
all those colors off there?
Marie and Amos,
get away from the stove!
What if the preachers
came by and saw this?
They would know
we have coloring books!
Go get your coat and hat,
and go to the barn and get
some coal for the stove.
- OK, Mom.
♪ sad music playing
- Now that I was big
enough to get coal for
the stove and oven,
I decided to try to be
even more useful
by putting more coal in
the bucket
than I could carry.
I thought if I could
become as useful as a horse,
maybe I wouldn't
be eaten, like a pig.
- What is today?
- I believe it's
the 16th, isn't it?
Yeah.
- Well, my goodness, Marie,
you turned five today.
- Does that mean
that I'm not four anymore?
- You're five now.
You're getting big.
- Happy birthday, Marie.
- Don't you say that to her!
Where did you learn that?
- Amy's mother says it to Amy.
- And they will
stand before God one day.
Now get
ready for your bath.
- Will we have
to change the water?
- No, the water's fine.
Amos and Marie are the
only ones who've bathed in it.
- Since my mother and father
were not allowed to talk to me,
something inside me broke.
- They found you in the woods.
[SAMUEL TAKING DEEP BREATHS]
♪ suspenseful music playing
[DEEP BREATHS CONTINUE]
- 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
[CICADAS BUZZING]
[ROOSTER CROWS]
- Sam, I'm really hungry,
so let's hurry.
- Amos, I'm sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
- It's OK.
- Sorry, sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
- It's OK.
- Sorry, Amos.
Sorry.
- It's OK.
- Sorry, Amos, sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
Amos, I'm sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
Amos, I'm really sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
Amos, I'm really sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
Amos, I'm really sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
Amos!
Amos!
I'm really sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
I'm really sorry, Amos.
Amos, I'm really sorry.
- Shh.
- Amos, I'm really sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
- What's he doing?
- Amos, I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry, Amos.
- This is of the devil.
- Amos, I'm really sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
Even though my mother
wanted to talk to me,
she still could not.
She just kept praying
and believing that God
would help me.
- Samuel.
[RADIO STATIC]
♪ bluegrass music playing
[KIDS GIGGLING]
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
[ADULTS LAUGHING]
[SEWING MACHINE HUMMING]
- Sarah, could you
please stop sewing?
- How can you drink
wine after all those whiskey
shots last night?
- Yeah, that
Henry and his whiskey shots.
[KNOCK AT THE DOOR]
- John!
- Hello, Sarah.
How are you?
- What a surprise.
Please come on in.
- Hello, John.
- Jake, you don't
have work today?
- I am feeling a bit
under the weather today.
What can we do for you?
- I have it on
good authority there's been
drinking in this household.
And by the looks of you Jake,
it looks like you had a party
last night.
- And why is
that any of your concern?
- You and Sarah are
playing with fire.
And if you
don't change your ways,
you'll spend
eternity in the big fire.
- John, do you see how
you're scaring my wife?
- I'm sure we're going to need
a confession from you on Sunday.
- You people
cannot control us forever.
Sarah, we're going
to leave the Amish.
- No, Jake.
We will go to
confession and make it right.
What are we
going to make right, Sarah?
There's nothing
to make right!
We haven't
done anything wrong.
♪ music playing
[SOBS]
Sarah, why are
we going to confession again?
- Jake...
- You can see them talking.
Shoot, I've even
seen them laughing.
The way they look at
you, with those piercing eyes.
And Sarah,
look at what's happening
to our kids at school,
just because they are Amish.
♪ sad music playing
- Woohoo!
[ENGINE REVS]
[ENGINE REVS]
- Hey, the speed
limit is 65, not 10.
- What did you say?
- What kind
of accent is that, crow man?
- What?
- Hey, you better get
the horse crap out of your ears.
- You punks better
just get moving along.
- You punks better
get moving along.
[GIGGLES]
Hey, can I borrow
one of your beautiful dresses
for prom?
[ENGINE REVS]
♪ church choir singing
- Why aren't Mom
and Daddy coming out with us?
Why do we have to get out?
- I think they're
in trouble about something.
- Somebody must
have told on them.
- Is the church in
agreement that the proper
punishment would
be a kneeling confession?
- [all]: Yes.
- And is there anything
else anyone would like to add?
- I hear from a good source
that Jake and Sarah have got
a battery-operated
radio hidden in their home.
[GASPS]
- I know I saw one of
Sarah's English friends give
her some English face paint.
[GASPS]
- Does anyone
have anything else?
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
- Jake and Sarah,
there are a couple more things.
Jake, is it true that you
went to town without a hat on?
- Sarah, did you
receive English face paint
from an English friend?
- And Sarah,
did you hug an English
friend while
you were in town?
- Jake and Sarah,
please get on your
knees before God and the church.
- They're at it again.
- You may
begin your confession.
♪ music playing
- Why is everyone
acting so strange?
- Is everything OK?
- Take a look.
- I just don't
know why she's crying.
[SOBBING]
- OK, Jake and Sarah,
- Everything is clean now.
- One, two, three, four, five.
Everything's fine.
No one's going to be hurt.
Everything's fine.
No one's going to be hurt.
One, two, three, four, five.
It upset me every time my mother
came out of the barn crying.
I would wonder what they
were doing to her in there.
But she could
not say anything.
♪ emotional music playing
One, two,
three, four, five.
Over time, my strange
behavior would change.
- Samuel, what are you doing?
- One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
- Samuel!
- One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
My strange actions
scared my brother and sisters.
[INHALING AND EXHALING RAPIDLY]
I was just so
afraid all the time.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
No one's
going to get hurt.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
I was glad to have
this little bird as my friend.
I felt like I finally
had someone to be close to.
It was the first time I could
tell someone about my fears.
I named her Angel.
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
After I started school,
and saw the
evil going on there,
my strange
behavior became worse.
- Hey, check it out.
That's gross.
- Yeah, he
better not chicken out.
- Are you kidding?
I can't wait to see this.
- Hey, smelly crow.
Oh, my God, crow hair!
Gross, get it off me!
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
- Hey.
[SEWING MACHINE CLATTERING]
- Hi, kids.
- Just the same old crap, Mom.
Esther, what is
that on your face?
- Some of the boys on the
back of the bus beat her, Mom.
- Esther,
- Mom, I don't want
to go to school anymore.
It's not worth it.
- We keep trying
to tell you they hurt us,
but you won't listen.
- Mom, please.
- You poor thing.
- Ah!
- Esther, are you OK?
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
Ah! Ah!
- Martha, come back and
finish setting up this table.
- Another one of those
school kids beat up Esther
on the bus, bad enough
to give her bruises on her face.
I think we should
take the kids out of school
until I talk
to the principal.
- It was very painful
to see my sisters get hurt.
I found it hard to believe
that people could be so cruel.
[INHALING AND EXHALING RAPIDLY]
- Samuel.
Samuel!
- What?
- Why are you doing that?
- Doing what?
- Breathing like that.
You're panting like a dog.
- I don't know what
you are talking about.
[INHALING AND
EXHALING CONTINUES]
[BELL RINGS]
- Goodbye, eraser.
Goodbye, eraser.
- He's turned
into a mental dog.
- Bye-bye, ruler.
- I really think he's crazy.
- He's a freak.
- Goodbye.
- Samuel, you're
doing it again.
Come on, get in line.
- Hey, Mom.
- What, Samuel?
- Mom, today at school,
we were talking about the size
of the earth,
and I started thinking that
if I started
walking in one direction,
and nothing got in my way,
that I'd eventually come back
to the same
place I started from.
- Eventually
you'd fall off, silly.
- What do you
mean I would fall off?
- You would come to the edge,
and you would fall off if
you didn't stop.
Samuel, why are you
talking about this nonsense?
- At school, they showed
pictures of the earth,
and it's round.
So how could
I fall off if it's round?
- Samuel, it's not round.
- The moon is round.
- Samuel, enough!
The school and the devil
are trying to brainwash you.
- They are?
As I learned more
about the earth in school,
I began to think my mother
was wrong about it being flat.
I had to wonder why
the devil would want to
make us
think it was round.
Martha, can I have
some of that clay you
brought home from school?
- I'm not done with it yet.
- Yeah, wait here,
I'll go get it.
- What are they having you
guys do with that stuff, anyway?
- It's for a school project.
♪ music playing
[CICADAS BUZZING]
- Jake, I have been thinking.
I think Samuel
might be possessed.
- Possessed?
- How could he just turn a lump
of clay into a person like that?
What if people find out?
I'm worried about
what the church might say.
- We will not
talk about it to anyone.
If the church finds out, well,
you know what could happen.
- The sculpture is gone.
- And that is good.
That kind of trouble
is the last thing we need.
- Oh, and the girls
told me that Samuel's teacher
is starting to ask
questions about his behavior.
[EXHALES]
[ROOSTER CROWS]
- Here you go, Angel.
Eat this, and before you
know it, you'll be all better.
It looks like
you're getting a lot bigger.
I have to go, Angel.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
No one is
going to get hurt.
One, two,
three, four, five.
No one is
going to get hurt.
No!
No!
- Samuel,
I so desperately
needed to tell my sister
what I was going through.
But I had no idea how
to accept her offer to help.
[KIDS SHOUTING]
- Come on, get him.
- I swear
I'm going to get him.
- Hi.
We're here
to see Mrs. Landers.
- The conference room?
Thank you.
[KNOCKS]
- Hi.
You must be
Mr. and Mrs. Fisher.
Come on in.
I'm Mrs. Landers.
- I'm Jake.
Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- Hi.
Nice to meet you.
- Sarah.
- Let's sit, shall we?
Well, I really enjoy
having Samuel in my class.
He's doing
well with his grades.
And he's well behaved.
Well, he certainly
is an imaginative boy.
So, I would like to mention
a few things that I've noticed.
I've noticed some
behaviors in Samuel that at
first were of no concern.
But now, they're proving
disruptive to my class.
- What is he doing?
- Well, for example,
Samuel waves goodbye to his
learning utensils
at the end of every day.
When the bell rings,
instead of getting in line,
he sits on the floor and
waves goodbye to all his items.
I have to
tell him to get in line.
- Really?
- Have you two noticed
any odd behaviors at home?
- No.
He's well behaved.
- Well, if Samuel's
acting out in school,
there must be a reason.
- I think the problem
might be his peers.
- Well, a lot of
these kids are just plain cruel.
Did you know Samuel and
his sisters are being bullied?
- I can completely un--
- Maybe the teachers
should do their jobs,
and not allow
the bullying to happen.
- I can control
what happens in my classroom,
but I can't monitor what
happens outside my classroom.
Unusual behavior
isn't new at any school,
and neither is bullying.
I believe that special
attention given to boys like
Samuel can be very helpful.
- How?
- It often helps people
like Samuel to be able to speak
with someone who understands
what they're going through.
- Are you
suggesting a doctor?
- A doctor is
a good place to start.
- We only go to
doctors when someone is hurt.
- Well, there's
lots of doctors in the world,
and they're not
all for physical injuries.
- Oh, I don't know
about this right now.
- Jake, please we have to
consider helping Samuel.
- The school needs
to crack down on bullies.
That is the problem.
- I cannot crack down on
bullying like you may believe.
- Then what
about the parents?
Who is
going after them?
- We try to speak
to the parents of bullies
when an incident's reported.
But oftentimes,
that backfires, and there's
an increase in bullying.
- Well, something
needs to be done.
- I do have an idea.
I have a colleague in
the child psychiatry business.
I'd be happy to ask her if she's
willing to see Samuel for free.
♪ music playing
- You need to behave yourself.
No disruptions.
Let's go home.
- Chris.
- Jake.
- Good to see you.
Toby.
- Hello, Jake.
- And I'll see you
next week in bible study.
- Absolutely.
We're looking forward to it.
- Excuse me, ladies.
- Hello, John.
- Jake, I'm so
glad you could make it.
I was concerned
something was wrong.
You've not
returned since the confession.
- No, nothing's wrong, John.
I've just
been very busy.
- Busy with
what, may I ask?
- Well, as a matter of fact,
my farm needs several repairs.
And well, I've
been a little short this month.
- Jake, I wish you had
spoken to me of this earlier.
I would be happy to provide
you with some assistance,
courtesy of the church.
- No, John,
that is not necessary.
As part of
our extended church family,
it is our responsibility
to ensure that we do everything
in the name
of solidarity for our community.
- Well, I appreciate that, John.
- And as you know,
it is also appreciated if
you give some
of your time to the church.
I know you
say you've been busy,
and these social
activities are costly.
These activities
are forbidden by the church.
- John, I assure you,
there has been no forbidden
behavior going on.
- I hope not.
You have a great responsibility
to God and to our community.
- Bishop, I assure you,
there is no need for concern.
- Jake, let
me state my position.
Then we can move on.
If I hear
of one more indiscretion,
one more incident of
your betrayal to our community,
let me make myself clear.
The drinking,
the parties, the irreverence,
this cannot happen again.
The church
can be forgiving.
But even the
church has its limits.
- Yes, John,
I know all about limits.
- To be perfectly clear,
Jake, a family that is shunned
by the church
is scorned forever.
That is my duty to
you, to God, and our community.
- Understood.
- Well, Sarah, there you are.
I was wondering why you
were not at bible study today.
- I brought
back your jars, Maggie.
Thank you
for lending them.
- Is everything all right?
- Samuel is acting out.
- Listen, Sarah,
I think God is testing you.
I know raising
children is not easy.
My own parents
struggled with it.
Actually,
Jake rebelled the most.
Boy, did my
brother love music.
His friends
wanted him to join a band.
But our parents
wouldn't have it.
- Oh, no,
it's not like that.
There is something
truly wrong with Samuel.
Maggie, please
do not repeat this.
- You have my word.
- Samuel has been acting
strange at home and at school.
And the other
night, he made a sculpture.
Jake and I
were very concerned.
And we--
- Does the school
or the church know about
this sculpture?
- Oh, no.
Maggie, Samuel needs
to see a special doctor.
- No.
Sarah, no.
You are looking
for help in the wrong place.
Your faith
should be in God.
He made our
brains the way they are.
These people
don't know how brains work.
- We at least want
to see what they say.
- Sarah, please listen to me.
Don't disregard
the traditions that have
kept us together
for so many years.
If you disregard your vows
and go off on your own accord,
you know what that means.
- Maggie, I--
- Sarah, you
know what that means!
- I don't know what to do.
- Yes, you do, Sarah.
- I am so confused.
The school said--
- The school.
We know what
the school will say.
They do not understand the way
things work in our community.
They do not even try!
Plus, you know our children
cannot go past the eighth grade.
- I just think we should--
- Sarah, please!
You are well
on your way to more trouble.
- What do you mean?
- You will be excommunicated,
from your church,
from your house,
from your family, Sarah.
Samuel is acting out because you
are not living like you should.
You and Jake are
living like English people.
You have to stop.
- But we have.
- It is no secret that
my brother is often tempted
by worldly things, like
the appliances in your house.
You have not
gotten rid of them, have you?
Sarah, you and Jake must
fully commit yourselves to God,
and rid yourself of
all of those things that pull
you away from him.
I am afraid
for your children's souls.
I will say no more.
You know
what you need to do.
I will help
you on your way if you ask.
- What are we
going to do when they shun us?
- We'll leave!
We'll move to town.
- We will have nothing.
And who will help us?
- We have enough friends
on the outside now.
Sarah, we don't
need these people.
I am sick of being on my
knees in front of that church.
It's none of their
damn business what I do!
- But the preachers
gave you that money to
fix the barn roof!
Oh, Jake, I don't think
this is a good idea at all.
[ENGINE REVVING]
♪ music playing
- Her eyebrows appear
to be trimmed and colored.
She just does not
have the appearance of an
Amish woman anymore.
- Hello, Martin.
Good to see you.
- Good to see you, Chris.
Yes, they certainly
are rebelling.
Sarah is wearing
English paint on her face.
- She is.
- Anyway, gentlemen, why don't
we get on with our meeting?
- We have a lot of
important decisions to make.
So let's be on with it.
- Look at that car there.
- Those preachers saw us.
They were pointing at us.
- Well, speak of the devil.
[CICADAS BUZZING]
- I had a talk with
Vanessa today about Samuel.
- You did?
Oh, you mean about
that strange thing he does?
What'd she say?
- She doesn't
think he's possessed,
and that we should talk
to him, and we should hug him.
- How does she know?
- She brought
her daughter with her.
And I heard Vanessa
tell her that she loved her.
And then they hugged.
- Well, if you think
that's something you need to do,
then you do it.
But you can't expect
me to do that kind of thing.
I'm just not cut out for it.
[BEGINS URINATING]
[HORSE WHINNIES]
♪ music playing
♪ suspenseful music playing
[KNOCKS ON DOOR]
- Jake, you've
had these English appliances
for several years now.
Why have you
not removed them?
- You know, Maggie, I
think I've got a buyer for them.
They'll be gone soon.
- Look, Jake,
something terrible has happened.
- Well, hello, there, Maggie.
- Sarah, we just came
by to talk to the two of
you about your car.
- We're going
to take it back!
We were
just trying it out!
We're going
to take it back!
- Oh, no, we're not!
And we are not
having this conversation!
- Jake, there is
something you need to know.
- What do we need to know?
That you're
going to shun us?
I got news for you,
I don't care anymore!
How about a couple of
them preachers getting on their
knees this Sunday,
and confessing their sins?
- Well, Jake,
I'm sorry you feel that way.
You have blasphemed God!
- Please just go home.
And you know what?
You can tell my brother
he can keep that gosh darned
buggy he stole
the other night!
- We are going.
But not before we
tell you that just yesterday,
Uncle John was
driving his sinful car,
and he burned to death
in a fire when it crashed into
a ditch and exploded.
- Daddy, it's
a sign from God.
Please take the car
back before God burns us, too.
- I worried every day about
my family burning in that fire.
Don't let sister
number one become like me.
Please, God, don't let sister
number two become like me.
Please, God, don't let sister
number three become like me.
Please, God, don't let sister
number four become like me.
Please, God, don't let sister
number five become like me.
Please, God, don't let sister
number six become like me.
Please, God, don't
let my brother become like me.
Please, God, don't let sister
number one become like me.
Here, Angel, I brought
some more food for you.
Are you feeling better?
Can I tell you a secret?
Well, I got to go.
But I'll be back later.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
♪ music playing
[INHALES AND EXHALES REPEATEDLY]
- What are you doing?
Oh, I get it.
You're a freak.
- Leave him alone.
♪ music playing
[SCHOOLCHILDREN CHATTERING]
- Caw! Caw!
Caw! Caw!
- Caw! Caw!
- You know,
I really think you should
say you're sorry to my
sister for bruising her face.
- Whoa, a girl that
actually speaks English.
What is wrong with you?
Are you stupid, or something?
And if you think
my boyfriend is apologizing,
you've got
another think coming.
- Oh, gross!
[DERISIVE LAUGHTER]
♪ music playing
- I'm going to mention
that their children have been
making sculptures
and that they did buy a car.
- Becky, is it really necessary
for Sarah to confess that?
- Is there anyone else?
- Of course, Mandy.
I'm afraid
for their souls.
You don't want Satan to
keep them in his grip; do you?
Yes, I have something.
I know that Jake and Sarah's
children have been making clay
sculptures for school projects.
I also know
that Jake bought a car.
And even though
we convinced him to sell it,
I feel that God has
called me to mention it
and God would
like him to confess.
- Jake and Sarah,
there are a couple more things.
Jake, is it true
that you're still driving...?
♪ music playing
[GASPING]
Well, I hope you
took a good look at this one.
Oh, don't look so surprised.
♪ instrumental music playing
♪ rock music
- Hey, look up the road.
- Hey Dallas.
Check it out, man.
It's time to
go chase the Amish, dude.
[MUSIC TURNED DOWN]
[CHEERING]
♪ menacing music
- Hey, what's up, crow people?
Don't you kooky people
know it's the 20th century?
Jesus doesn't care
if you have a car.
- How about you
just keep that car moving
before I whip all of you.
- Watch out, crow man.
Pull that buggy over and
see what happens, stupid crow.
- Donny, are you serious?
- Oh, yes he is.
Donny, go kick his ass.
- Jake, what are you doing?
[WHIP CRACKING]
- Oh, my god.
Dallas, let me out.
Let me out.
Oh, my god,
Dallas, let me out.
- Now whose
butt were you going to kick?
- Please stop!
- I bet you didn't
think Amish were capable of
such violence now, did you?
- Please stop.
We're sorry.
Please.
- You see
those kids over there?
You see
those kids over there?
Huh? Do you?
You see those faces?
- Please!
- You see 'em?
Take a look.
You see those faces?
♪ music playing
If you or any of your
friends ever lay another hand
on those kids ever again,
I will search all four corners
of the Earth to find you.
♪ music playing
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
Where are you
getting this stuff, anyway?
- Vanessa gave me some more.
- She's giving
you all that stuff?
- Mm-hmm.
- I think I like it.
[RAIN POURING]
- Henry, you guys
go ahead; we'll meet you there.
Hey! I have
a surprise for you.
- What kind of surprise?
- I'm going to turn
you into a real Englishwoman.
Come on,
I've got the hair color,
the makeup, beautiful dress.
I have everything.
- Vanessa,
I don't know about this.
- It's going to be fun.
You're going to love it.
- I don't know.
- Come on, let's go.
♪ country music
- Hey, Mike.
- Hey, Henry.
How you doing?
- I need four, man.
- Coming right up.
- Oh, Henry,
I already owe you a few.
- Didn't you help
me fix my fence last week?
- Well...
- Okay, then.
Let's party.
- All right.
- Cheers!
- It felt like
he was going to go through
the whole warehouse, man.
What did you
think about that?
- I don't know, I think
it's crazy, what I'm drinking.
- I'd better give
you another shot there, huh?
Hey, now that you're leaving
the Amish, what's next, Jake?
- I don't know, Henry.
I'm not sure.
All I know is
I'd like to get my car back.
- Yeah, I bet you would.
- Come on.
- I wonder where
the ladies are at.
It's getting late.
- Aw, you know the ladies.
They could
be in there talking for hours.
Man.
♪ music playing
Nice work.
- Thank you.
- Sarah?
- That's beautiful.
- She's gorgeous.
- You did this?
My goodness.
♪ COUNTRY MUSIC
- Oh, man, they're doing good,
aren't they?
- They're having
such a good time.
- Oh, fabulous.
♪ music playing
- Jake, can
you open this dress?
- Wait a second.
- What are you doing?
Look at you, Sarah.
Look at this beautiful
hair that you have that you
hide under
your cap all the time.
- Jake, stop.
What is it with you?
♪ music playing
Jake, stop this.
♪ music playing
Something is different.
Are we just lusting?
♪ music playing
[FIRE CRACKLING]
- The reason I brought
you all here is because
I need to tell you something
that I feel is very important.
The best way I can
explain this is by telling you
a story of
when I was a little girl,
picking wildflowers
for the first time in
the field by our house.
♪ music playing
[BIRDS SINGING]
♪ music playing
[BIRDS SINGING]
- Mom, do you have a jar
I can put these flowers in?
I want to put
them on the table.
- Absolutely not.
Sarah, I'm surprised at you.
- It was then
that I realized that
our religion
was very strict,
and our religion
is why my parents never hugged
me or my siblings,
and they never told
me that they loved me.
They didn't
even know how to.
I want to change that.
I want to
break that Amish rule.
♪ music playing
♪ music playing
♪ music playing
♪ music playing
♪ music playing
♪ music playing
♪ instrumental music playing
♪ instrumental music playing
♪ instrumental music playing
♪ instrumental music playing
♪ instrumental music playing
[SAWING SOUND]
[COW MOOING]
[SAWING CONTINUES]
[COW MOOING]
♪
♪ She's my
woman and I'm her man. ♪
♪ She has an hourglass figure,
just a little extra sand. ♪
♪ She makes me happy,
yeah she makes me glad... ♪
[PLUCKING GUITAR STRINGS]
- Jacob!
[CONTINUES PLUCKING
GUITAR STRINGS]
Jacob!
Jacob?
- Look what he made.
- Jacob!
- I've been doing side jobs.
- You have?
How much have you been making?
- 75 cents an hour.
- You know you are to give us
all your money until you are 21.
Where did you
get this worldly evil thing?
- I borrowed it.
- From who?
- Richard.
- Well, you are
going to take it back to him,
right after you
take this to the chopping block.
You stay away
from that English boy.
- Mom, why do we have to
have coffee soup all the time?
- Because we don't
have any cereal.
- [both]: I do.
- Jake, we're going
to be late for church again.
- It's almost 10 after 9.
- All right,
I'll be there in a minute.
♪ church music singing
[WOMAN SOBS]
- And now, we
will ask Anny to stand
for her confession.
Anny, is it true that
you are bonding closely with
your children
by embracing them with hugs?
- Anny, is it also
true that you gave your
daughter a coloring book?
- You may
begin your confession.
- I admit I have done wrong.
And I confess
to God and to the church.
[SOBBING]
I will do better.
- Jake,
can I see you for a moment?
- Sure, Amos.
- The elders and I have noticed
that you've been coming to
church late.
- Yeah, I'm sorry, Amos.
I'm a bit tired.
I've been working a lot.
- I will pray for you.
- I appreciate that, Amos.
Have a good day.
- Amos!
Amos!
Can you get out?
Mom! Mom!
Amos fell in the pit crap.
- He what?
- I tried
to help him, but I couldn't!
He's stuck!
- Let's go.
[BOY CRYING] Oh, Amos!
- Mom, over here!
Help!
[BOY WAILING] - Oh, Amos!
- Amos!
- Take him to the water tank.
- Amos, come on.
You need to get washed off.
- Oh, my goodness.
- Piu!
- Oh, jeez.
- This is the moment
when I realized how badly
I needed
my mother to hug me.
I wanted to
feel their hands on me,
the way
they were on Amos.
- He went like this.
- No, Samuel!
♪ music playing
[HORSE WHINNIES]
- Hi, Anny, Jake.
- Well, hello, there.
- Hello, Pete.
- Hey, Anny.
How you doing, Jake?
- Good, how are you doing?
- Good.
Something sure smells good.
- Well, I just
made a pan of brownies.
Would you like a piece?
- I would love a piece.
Thank you.
- Hey, I'll
take one of those.
- Hey, Jake,
where's Samuel?
- Well, he's at the house,
getting cleaned up.
- Is he ready
for the slaughter?
- You know, I think so.
I'll just say,
he's not too excited about it.
- Are you sure he's
old enough for this slaughter?
- Oh, he'll be fine.
- Well, I just
don't think it's a good idea.
He seems to
be a bit too young.
- We all started young.
- Yeah, I agree with Jake.
We do start young.
I wouldn't worry about it.
- Today, I have learned
that pigs get killed and eaten,
and horses do not,
because horses are useful.
- Samuel, come here.
- Let's go.
- Later in the afternoon,
I saw my father go hunting
with Pepper.
But Pepper did
not come home with my father.
- Jake, have you seen Pepper?
What's wrong?
- You remember a
couple weeks ago when
I went hunting with him?
He got into
a fight with a coon.
And he got bit.
I just didn't
say anything because
I thought
everything would be fine.
- So you
think he has rabies?
- Oh, most certainly.
- Well, some of the kids
are out looking for him.
- Sarah, I had
to put him down.
- What are we
going to tell the kids?
- We'll tell
him that he ran off.
- Samuel already
saw you walking off with him.
They think
you went hunting.
- Well, then we'll them
he ran off while I was hunting.
Sarah, don't worry.
They will not find him.
He is way back,
deep in the woods.
- Pepper!
- Pepper!
- Pepper!
- Pepper!
- Look!
♪ suspenseful music playing
[TWO GUNSHOTS]
- After we found Pepper,
I did not know what
to think anymore.
♪ sad music playing
- Marie.
- They found
him in the woods.
I knew I should
have buried him.
- Pepper will come back.
- How will
he come back, Mom?
- Well, um...
One day, there's going to be
a big fire all over the earth.
And that fire will
crackle and bang so loud that
the banging will
wake up the dead people,
and they'll go to heaven.
And that's when
Pepper will come back, also.
Right, Jake?
- Uh...
Yeah.
I--I heard
it's something like that.
Mm-hmm.
♪ music playing
[BOY SHIVERING AND WHEEZING]
[GUNSHOT]
[HEAVILY BREATHING]
- Hey, it looks
like there's still some hot
coals down there,
so just keep your hands close
to there until
we get a fire going, OK?
- It's days like this where
we really need a driver.
- Guys, I made this.
- I made this.
- I wish we
could make snowballs.
- It would be fun.
- Yeah, but if we
threw dirt at each other,
we would get all dusty.
- Look.
- Oh, by the way,
I saw those pictures of
the earth at school again.
- You know that is not true.
There's no way
those pictures are real.
- Don't you
believe what they're
telling you about the earth.
- That's what I thought.
- Oh, Samuel, no!
I said no!
How am I supposed to get
all those colors off there?
Marie and Amos,
get away from the stove!
What if the preachers
came by and saw this?
They would know
we have coloring books!
Go get your coat and hat,
and go to the barn and get
some coal for the stove.
- OK, Mom.
♪ sad music playing
- Now that I was big
enough to get coal for
the stove and oven,
I decided to try to be
even more useful
by putting more coal in
the bucket
than I could carry.
I thought if I could
become as useful as a horse,
maybe I wouldn't
be eaten, like a pig.
- What is today?
- I believe it's
the 16th, isn't it?
Yeah.
- Well, my goodness, Marie,
you turned five today.
- Does that mean
that I'm not four anymore?
- You're five now.
You're getting big.
- Happy birthday, Marie.
- Don't you say that to her!
Where did you learn that?
- Amy's mother says it to Amy.
- And they will
stand before God one day.
Now get
ready for your bath.
- Will we have
to change the water?
- No, the water's fine.
Amos and Marie are the
only ones who've bathed in it.
- Since my mother and father
were not allowed to talk to me,
something inside me broke.
- They found you in the woods.
[SAMUEL TAKING DEEP BREATHS]
♪ suspenseful music playing
[DEEP BREATHS CONTINUE]
- 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
[CICADAS BUZZING]
[ROOSTER CROWS]
- Sam, I'm really hungry,
so let's hurry.
- Amos, I'm sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
- It's OK.
- Sorry, sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
- It's OK.
- Sorry, Amos.
Sorry.
- It's OK.
- Sorry, Amos, sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
Amos, I'm sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
Amos, I'm really sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
Amos, I'm really sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
Amos, I'm really sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
Amos!
Amos!
I'm really sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
I'm really sorry, Amos.
Amos, I'm really sorry.
- Shh.
- Amos, I'm really sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
- What's he doing?
- Amos, I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry, Amos.
- This is of the devil.
- Amos, I'm really sorry.
Sorry, Amos, sorry.
Even though my mother
wanted to talk to me,
she still could not.
She just kept praying
and believing that God
would help me.
- Samuel.
[RADIO STATIC]
♪ bluegrass music playing
[KIDS GIGGLING]
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
[ADULTS LAUGHING]
[SEWING MACHINE HUMMING]
- Sarah, could you
please stop sewing?
- How can you drink
wine after all those whiskey
shots last night?
- Yeah, that
Henry and his whiskey shots.
[KNOCK AT THE DOOR]
- John!
- Hello, Sarah.
How are you?
- What a surprise.
Please come on in.
- Hello, John.
- Jake, you don't
have work today?
- I am feeling a bit
under the weather today.
What can we do for you?
- I have it on
good authority there's been
drinking in this household.
And by the looks of you Jake,
it looks like you had a party
last night.
- And why is
that any of your concern?
- You and Sarah are
playing with fire.
And if you
don't change your ways,
you'll spend
eternity in the big fire.
- John, do you see how
you're scaring my wife?
- I'm sure we're going to need
a confession from you on Sunday.
- You people
cannot control us forever.
Sarah, we're going
to leave the Amish.
- No, Jake.
We will go to
confession and make it right.
What are we
going to make right, Sarah?
There's nothing
to make right!
We haven't
done anything wrong.
♪ music playing
[SOBS]
Sarah, why are
we going to confession again?
- Jake...
- You can see them talking.
Shoot, I've even
seen them laughing.
The way they look at
you, with those piercing eyes.
And Sarah,
look at what's happening
to our kids at school,
just because they are Amish.
♪ sad music playing
- Woohoo!
[ENGINE REVS]
[ENGINE REVS]
- Hey, the speed
limit is 65, not 10.
- What did you say?
- What kind
of accent is that, crow man?
- What?
- Hey, you better get
the horse crap out of your ears.
- You punks better
just get moving along.
- You punks better
get moving along.
[GIGGLES]
Hey, can I borrow
one of your beautiful dresses
for prom?
[ENGINE REVS]
♪ church choir singing
- Why aren't Mom
and Daddy coming out with us?
Why do we have to get out?
- I think they're
in trouble about something.
- Somebody must
have told on them.
- Is the church in
agreement that the proper
punishment would
be a kneeling confession?
- [all]: Yes.
- And is there anything
else anyone would like to add?
- I hear from a good source
that Jake and Sarah have got
a battery-operated
radio hidden in their home.
[GASPS]
- I know I saw one of
Sarah's English friends give
her some English face paint.
[GASPS]
- Does anyone
have anything else?
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
- Jake and Sarah,
there are a couple more things.
Jake, is it true that you
went to town without a hat on?
- Sarah, did you
receive English face paint
from an English friend?
- And Sarah,
did you hug an English
friend while
you were in town?
- Jake and Sarah,
please get on your
knees before God and the church.
- They're at it again.
- You may
begin your confession.
♪ music playing
- Why is everyone
acting so strange?
- Is everything OK?
- Take a look.
- I just don't
know why she's crying.
[SOBBING]
- OK, Jake and Sarah,
- Everything is clean now.
- One, two, three, four, five.
Everything's fine.
No one's going to be hurt.
Everything's fine.
No one's going to be hurt.
One, two, three, four, five.
It upset me every time my mother
came out of the barn crying.
I would wonder what they
were doing to her in there.
But she could
not say anything.
♪ emotional music playing
One, two,
three, four, five.
Over time, my strange
behavior would change.
- Samuel, what are you doing?
- One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
- Samuel!
- One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
My strange actions
scared my brother and sisters.
[INHALING AND EXHALING RAPIDLY]
I was just so
afraid all the time.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
No one's
going to get hurt.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
I was glad to have
this little bird as my friend.
I felt like I finally
had someone to be close to.
It was the first time I could
tell someone about my fears.
I named her Angel.
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
After I started school,
and saw the
evil going on there,
my strange
behavior became worse.
- Hey, check it out.
That's gross.
- Yeah, he
better not chicken out.
- Are you kidding?
I can't wait to see this.
- Hey, smelly crow.
Oh, my God, crow hair!
Gross, get it off me!
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
- Hey.
[SEWING MACHINE CLATTERING]
- Hi, kids.
- Just the same old crap, Mom.
Esther, what is
that on your face?
- Some of the boys on the
back of the bus beat her, Mom.
- Esther,
- Mom, I don't want
to go to school anymore.
It's not worth it.
- We keep trying
to tell you they hurt us,
but you won't listen.
- Mom, please.
- You poor thing.
- Ah!
- Esther, are you OK?
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
Ah! Ah!
- Martha, come back and
finish setting up this table.
- Another one of those
school kids beat up Esther
on the bus, bad enough
to give her bruises on her face.
I think we should
take the kids out of school
until I talk
to the principal.
- It was very painful
to see my sisters get hurt.
I found it hard to believe
that people could be so cruel.
[INHALING AND EXHALING RAPIDLY]
- Samuel.
Samuel!
- What?
- Why are you doing that?
- Doing what?
- Breathing like that.
You're panting like a dog.
- I don't know what
you are talking about.
[INHALING AND
EXHALING CONTINUES]
[BELL RINGS]
- Goodbye, eraser.
Goodbye, eraser.
- He's turned
into a mental dog.
- Bye-bye, ruler.
- I really think he's crazy.
- He's a freak.
- Goodbye.
- Samuel, you're
doing it again.
Come on, get in line.
- Hey, Mom.
- What, Samuel?
- Mom, today at school,
we were talking about the size
of the earth,
and I started thinking that
if I started
walking in one direction,
and nothing got in my way,
that I'd eventually come back
to the same
place I started from.
- Eventually
you'd fall off, silly.
- What do you
mean I would fall off?
- You would come to the edge,
and you would fall off if
you didn't stop.
Samuel, why are you
talking about this nonsense?
- At school, they showed
pictures of the earth,
and it's round.
So how could
I fall off if it's round?
- Samuel, it's not round.
- The moon is round.
- Samuel, enough!
The school and the devil
are trying to brainwash you.
- They are?
As I learned more
about the earth in school,
I began to think my mother
was wrong about it being flat.
I had to wonder why
the devil would want to
make us
think it was round.
Martha, can I have
some of that clay you
brought home from school?
- I'm not done with it yet.
- Yeah, wait here,
I'll go get it.
- What are they having you
guys do with that stuff, anyway?
- It's for a school project.
♪ music playing
[CICADAS BUZZING]
- Jake, I have been thinking.
I think Samuel
might be possessed.
- Possessed?
- How could he just turn a lump
of clay into a person like that?
What if people find out?
I'm worried about
what the church might say.
- We will not
talk about it to anyone.
If the church finds out, well,
you know what could happen.
- The sculpture is gone.
- And that is good.
That kind of trouble
is the last thing we need.
- Oh, and the girls
told me that Samuel's teacher
is starting to ask
questions about his behavior.
[EXHALES]
[ROOSTER CROWS]
- Here you go, Angel.
Eat this, and before you
know it, you'll be all better.
It looks like
you're getting a lot bigger.
I have to go, Angel.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
No one is
going to get hurt.
One, two,
three, four, five.
No one is
going to get hurt.
No!
No!
- Samuel,
I so desperately
needed to tell my sister
what I was going through.
But I had no idea how
to accept her offer to help.
[KIDS SHOUTING]
- Come on, get him.
- I swear
I'm going to get him.
- Hi.
We're here
to see Mrs. Landers.
- The conference room?
Thank you.
[KNOCKS]
- Hi.
You must be
Mr. and Mrs. Fisher.
Come on in.
I'm Mrs. Landers.
- I'm Jake.
Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- Hi.
Nice to meet you.
- Sarah.
- Let's sit, shall we?
Well, I really enjoy
having Samuel in my class.
He's doing
well with his grades.
And he's well behaved.
Well, he certainly
is an imaginative boy.
So, I would like to mention
a few things that I've noticed.
I've noticed some
behaviors in Samuel that at
first were of no concern.
But now, they're proving
disruptive to my class.
- What is he doing?
- Well, for example,
Samuel waves goodbye to his
learning utensils
at the end of every day.
When the bell rings,
instead of getting in line,
he sits on the floor and
waves goodbye to all his items.
I have to
tell him to get in line.
- Really?
- Have you two noticed
any odd behaviors at home?
- No.
He's well behaved.
- Well, if Samuel's
acting out in school,
there must be a reason.
- I think the problem
might be his peers.
- Well, a lot of
these kids are just plain cruel.
Did you know Samuel and
his sisters are being bullied?
- I can completely un--
- Maybe the teachers
should do their jobs,
and not allow
the bullying to happen.
- I can control
what happens in my classroom,
but I can't monitor what
happens outside my classroom.
Unusual behavior
isn't new at any school,
and neither is bullying.
I believe that special
attention given to boys like
Samuel can be very helpful.
- How?
- It often helps people
like Samuel to be able to speak
with someone who understands
what they're going through.
- Are you
suggesting a doctor?
- A doctor is
a good place to start.
- We only go to
doctors when someone is hurt.
- Well, there's
lots of doctors in the world,
and they're not
all for physical injuries.
- Oh, I don't know
about this right now.
- Jake, please we have to
consider helping Samuel.
- The school needs
to crack down on bullies.
That is the problem.
- I cannot crack down on
bullying like you may believe.
- Then what
about the parents?
Who is
going after them?
- We try to speak
to the parents of bullies
when an incident's reported.
But oftentimes,
that backfires, and there's
an increase in bullying.
- Well, something
needs to be done.
- I do have an idea.
I have a colleague in
the child psychiatry business.
I'd be happy to ask her if she's
willing to see Samuel for free.
♪ music playing
- You need to behave yourself.
No disruptions.
Let's go home.
- Chris.
- Jake.
- Good to see you.
Toby.
- Hello, Jake.
- And I'll see you
next week in bible study.
- Absolutely.
We're looking forward to it.
- Excuse me, ladies.
- Hello, John.
- Jake, I'm so
glad you could make it.
I was concerned
something was wrong.
You've not
returned since the confession.
- No, nothing's wrong, John.
I've just
been very busy.
- Busy with
what, may I ask?
- Well, as a matter of fact,
my farm needs several repairs.
And well, I've
been a little short this month.
- Jake, I wish you had
spoken to me of this earlier.
I would be happy to provide
you with some assistance,
courtesy of the church.
- No, John,
that is not necessary.
As part of
our extended church family,
it is our responsibility
to ensure that we do everything
in the name
of solidarity for our community.
- Well, I appreciate that, John.
- And as you know,
it is also appreciated if
you give some
of your time to the church.
I know you
say you've been busy,
and these social
activities are costly.
These activities
are forbidden by the church.
- John, I assure you,
there has been no forbidden
behavior going on.
- I hope not.
You have a great responsibility
to God and to our community.
- Bishop, I assure you,
there is no need for concern.
- Jake, let
me state my position.
Then we can move on.
If I hear
of one more indiscretion,
one more incident of
your betrayal to our community,
let me make myself clear.
The drinking,
the parties, the irreverence,
this cannot happen again.
The church
can be forgiving.
But even the
church has its limits.
- Yes, John,
I know all about limits.
- To be perfectly clear,
Jake, a family that is shunned
by the church
is scorned forever.
That is my duty to
you, to God, and our community.
- Understood.
- Well, Sarah, there you are.
I was wondering why you
were not at bible study today.
- I brought
back your jars, Maggie.
Thank you
for lending them.
- Is everything all right?
- Samuel is acting out.
- Listen, Sarah,
I think God is testing you.
I know raising
children is not easy.
My own parents
struggled with it.
Actually,
Jake rebelled the most.
Boy, did my
brother love music.
His friends
wanted him to join a band.
But our parents
wouldn't have it.
- Oh, no,
it's not like that.
There is something
truly wrong with Samuel.
Maggie, please
do not repeat this.
- You have my word.
- Samuel has been acting
strange at home and at school.
And the other
night, he made a sculpture.
Jake and I
were very concerned.
And we--
- Does the school
or the church know about
this sculpture?
- Oh, no.
Maggie, Samuel needs
to see a special doctor.
- No.
Sarah, no.
You are looking
for help in the wrong place.
Your faith
should be in God.
He made our
brains the way they are.
These people
don't know how brains work.
- We at least want
to see what they say.
- Sarah, please listen to me.
Don't disregard
the traditions that have
kept us together
for so many years.
If you disregard your vows
and go off on your own accord,
you know what that means.
- Maggie, I--
- Sarah, you
know what that means!
- I don't know what to do.
- Yes, you do, Sarah.
- I am so confused.
The school said--
- The school.
We know what
the school will say.
They do not understand the way
things work in our community.
They do not even try!
Plus, you know our children
cannot go past the eighth grade.
- I just think we should--
- Sarah, please!
You are well
on your way to more trouble.
- What do you mean?
- You will be excommunicated,
from your church,
from your house,
from your family, Sarah.
Samuel is acting out because you
are not living like you should.
You and Jake are
living like English people.
You have to stop.
- But we have.
- It is no secret that
my brother is often tempted
by worldly things, like
the appliances in your house.
You have not
gotten rid of them, have you?
Sarah, you and Jake must
fully commit yourselves to God,
and rid yourself of
all of those things that pull
you away from him.
I am afraid
for your children's souls.
I will say no more.
You know
what you need to do.
I will help
you on your way if you ask.
- What are we
going to do when they shun us?
- We'll leave!
We'll move to town.
- We will have nothing.
And who will help us?
- We have enough friends
on the outside now.
Sarah, we don't
need these people.
I am sick of being on my
knees in front of that church.
It's none of their
damn business what I do!
- But the preachers
gave you that money to
fix the barn roof!
Oh, Jake, I don't think
this is a good idea at all.
[ENGINE REVVING]
♪ music playing
- Her eyebrows appear
to be trimmed and colored.
She just does not
have the appearance of an
Amish woman anymore.
- Hello, Martin.
Good to see you.
- Good to see you, Chris.
Yes, they certainly
are rebelling.
Sarah is wearing
English paint on her face.
- She is.
- Anyway, gentlemen, why don't
we get on with our meeting?
- We have a lot of
important decisions to make.
So let's be on with it.
- Look at that car there.
- Those preachers saw us.
They were pointing at us.
- Well, speak of the devil.
[CICADAS BUZZING]
- I had a talk with
Vanessa today about Samuel.
- You did?
Oh, you mean about
that strange thing he does?
What'd she say?
- She doesn't
think he's possessed,
and that we should talk
to him, and we should hug him.
- How does she know?
- She brought
her daughter with her.
And I heard Vanessa
tell her that she loved her.
And then they hugged.
- Well, if you think
that's something you need to do,
then you do it.
But you can't expect
me to do that kind of thing.
I'm just not cut out for it.
[BEGINS URINATING]
[HORSE WHINNIES]
♪ music playing
♪ suspenseful music playing
[KNOCKS ON DOOR]
- Jake, you've
had these English appliances
for several years now.
Why have you
not removed them?
- You know, Maggie, I
think I've got a buyer for them.
They'll be gone soon.
- Look, Jake,
something terrible has happened.
- Well, hello, there, Maggie.
- Sarah, we just came
by to talk to the two of
you about your car.
- We're going
to take it back!
We were
just trying it out!
We're going
to take it back!
- Oh, no, we're not!
And we are not
having this conversation!
- Jake, there is
something you need to know.
- What do we need to know?
That you're
going to shun us?
I got news for you,
I don't care anymore!
How about a couple of
them preachers getting on their
knees this Sunday,
and confessing their sins?
- Well, Jake,
I'm sorry you feel that way.
You have blasphemed God!
- Please just go home.
And you know what?
You can tell my brother
he can keep that gosh darned
buggy he stole
the other night!
- We are going.
But not before we
tell you that just yesterday,
Uncle John was
driving his sinful car,
and he burned to death
in a fire when it crashed into
a ditch and exploded.
- Daddy, it's
a sign from God.
Please take the car
back before God burns us, too.
- I worried every day about
my family burning in that fire.
Don't let sister
number one become like me.
Please, God, don't let sister
number two become like me.
Please, God, don't let sister
number three become like me.
Please, God, don't let sister
number four become like me.
Please, God, don't let sister
number five become like me.
Please, God, don't let sister
number six become like me.
Please, God, don't
let my brother become like me.
Please, God, don't let sister
number one become like me.
Here, Angel, I brought
some more food for you.
Are you feeling better?
Can I tell you a secret?
Well, I got to go.
But I'll be back later.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
One, two,
three, four, five.
♪ music playing
[INHALES AND EXHALES REPEATEDLY]
- What are you doing?
Oh, I get it.
You're a freak.
- Leave him alone.
♪ music playing
[SCHOOLCHILDREN CHATTERING]
- Caw! Caw!
Caw! Caw!
- Caw! Caw!
- You know,
I really think you should
say you're sorry to my
sister for bruising her face.
- Whoa, a girl that
actually speaks English.
What is wrong with you?
Are you stupid, or something?
And if you think
my boyfriend is apologizing,
you've got
another think coming.
- Oh, gross!
[DERISIVE LAUGHTER]
♪ music playing
- I'm going to mention
that their children have been
making sculptures
and that they did buy a car.
- Becky, is it really necessary
for Sarah to confess that?
- Is there anyone else?
- Of course, Mandy.
I'm afraid
for their souls.
You don't want Satan to
keep them in his grip; do you?
Yes, I have something.
I know that Jake and Sarah's
children have been making clay
sculptures for school projects.
I also know
that Jake bought a car.
And even though
we convinced him to sell it,
I feel that God has
called me to mention it
and God would
like him to confess.
- Jake and Sarah,
there are a couple more things.
Jake, is it true
that you're still driving...?
♪ music playing
[GASPING]
Well, I hope you
took a good look at this one.
Oh, don't look so surprised.
♪ instrumental music playing
♪ rock music
- Hey, look up the road.
- Hey Dallas.
Check it out, man.
It's time to
go chase the Amish, dude.
[MUSIC TURNED DOWN]
[CHEERING]
♪ menacing music
- Hey, what's up, crow people?
Don't you kooky people
know it's the 20th century?
Jesus doesn't care
if you have a car.
- How about you
just keep that car moving
before I whip all of you.
- Watch out, crow man.
Pull that buggy over and
see what happens, stupid crow.
- Donny, are you serious?
- Oh, yes he is.
Donny, go kick his ass.
- Jake, what are you doing?
[WHIP CRACKING]
- Oh, my god.
Dallas, let me out.
Let me out.
Oh, my god,
Dallas, let me out.
- Now whose
butt were you going to kick?
- Please stop!
- I bet you didn't
think Amish were capable of
such violence now, did you?
- Please stop.
We're sorry.
Please.
- You see
those kids over there?
You see
those kids over there?
Huh? Do you?
You see those faces?
- Please!
- You see 'em?
Take a look.
You see those faces?
♪ music playing
If you or any of your
friends ever lay another hand
on those kids ever again,
I will search all four corners
of the Earth to find you.
♪ music playing
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
Where are you
getting this stuff, anyway?
- Vanessa gave me some more.
- She's giving
you all that stuff?
- Mm-hmm.
- I think I like it.
[RAIN POURING]
- Henry, you guys
go ahead; we'll meet you there.
Hey! I have
a surprise for you.
- What kind of surprise?
- I'm going to turn
you into a real Englishwoman.
Come on,
I've got the hair color,
the makeup, beautiful dress.
I have everything.
- Vanessa,
I don't know about this.
- It's going to be fun.
You're going to love it.
- I don't know.
- Come on, let's go.
♪ country music
- Hey, Mike.
- Hey, Henry.
How you doing?
- I need four, man.
- Coming right up.
- Oh, Henry,
I already owe you a few.
- Didn't you help
me fix my fence last week?
- Well...
- Okay, then.
Let's party.
- All right.
- Cheers!
- It felt like
he was going to go through
the whole warehouse, man.
What did you
think about that?
- I don't know, I think
it's crazy, what I'm drinking.
- I'd better give
you another shot there, huh?
Hey, now that you're leaving
the Amish, what's next, Jake?
- I don't know, Henry.
I'm not sure.
All I know is
I'd like to get my car back.
- Yeah, I bet you would.
- Come on.
- I wonder where
the ladies are at.
It's getting late.
- Aw, you know the ladies.
They could
be in there talking for hours.
Man.
♪ music playing
Nice work.
- Thank you.
- Sarah?
- That's beautiful.
- She's gorgeous.
- You did this?
My goodness.
♪ COUNTRY MUSIC
- Oh, man, they're doing good,
aren't they?
- They're having
such a good time.
- Oh, fabulous.
♪ music playing
- Jake, can
you open this dress?
- Wait a second.
- What are you doing?
Look at you, Sarah.
Look at this beautiful
hair that you have that you
hide under
your cap all the time.
- Jake, stop.
What is it with you?
♪ music playing
Jake, stop this.
♪ music playing
Something is different.
Are we just lusting?
♪ music playing
[FIRE CRACKLING]
- The reason I brought
you all here is because
I need to tell you something
that I feel is very important.
The best way I can
explain this is by telling you
a story of
when I was a little girl,
picking wildflowers
for the first time in
the field by our house.
♪ music playing
[BIRDS SINGING]
♪ music playing
[BIRDS SINGING]
- Mom, do you have a jar
I can put these flowers in?
I want to put
them on the table.
- Absolutely not.
Sarah, I'm surprised at you.
- It was then
that I realized that
our religion
was very strict,
and our religion
is why my parents never hugged
me or my siblings,
and they never told
me that they loved me.
They didn't
even know how to.
I want to change that.
I want to
break that Amish rule.
♪ music playing
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♪ music playing