Days of Heaven

"She gave her hand to one man, but her heart to another."

Oct 6 1978 PG 1h 34m
Drama, Romance

In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.

Plot

Bill and Abby, a young couple who to the outside world pretend to be brother and sister are living and working in Chicago at the beginning of the century. They want to escape the poverty and hard labor of the city and travel south. Together with the girl Linda (who acts as the narrator in the movie) they find employment on a farm in the Texas panhandle. When the harvest is over the young, rich and handsome farmer invites them to stay because he has fallen in love with Abby. When Bill and Abby discover that the farmer is seriously ill and has only got a year left to live they decide that Abby will accept his wedding proposal in order to make some benefit out of the situation. When the expected death fails to come, jealousy and impatience are slowly setting in and accidents become eventually inevitable.

Written by

Terrence Malick

Directed by

Terrence Malick

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paramount

Languages

Italiano, English

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 13 wins & 13 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
65,374
Average Rating
7.7 out of 10
Metascore
94
Popularity
NA