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This strong one destroys the weak. But even he is in the sights of a vengeful one... At least since Steinbeck's East of Eden, it has been known in America that when two brothers manage a farm like fire and water, they live worse than strangers. This holds true in 1924 in the heart of rugged Montana, where the siblings from the prosperous Burbank ranch are approaching forty. However, as the more submissive George brings home the widow of a kind doctor, whom he hastily married in town, the artificial calm is shattered. The more experienced brother Phil can hardly contain himself. A seasoned cattleman and a staunch macho sees femininity in everything because the 'good old' West, as he knew and respected it, is irretrievably disappearing. Thus, he creates a stifling atmosphere around him, managing to establish a reign of terror on the ranch, driving his sister-in-law to drink and his brother to melancholy. But not forever. At the peak of this crossroads comes a force that is as cold-blooded as the sharpshooters from the saloon and rewrites the laws of the western. The basis for the Oscar-winning film directed by Jane Campion with Benedict Cumberbatch in the role of the malicious miser confirms that appearances can be deceiving: the soul of a tough guy is mainly a pile of frustrations. The film received an Oscar, two BAFTA awards, three Golden Globes, and a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival.