Eastern Western (2025) Movie Script
[labored breathing]
[footsteps on snow]
[grunts]
[grunts]
[labored breathing]
[grunting]
[fire crackling]
[child babbling]
Igor: [in Bosnian]
Don't throw anything.
[child babbling]
Igor: [in Bosnian]
Don't throw anything.
Igor: [in Bosnian] Hold on.
[sizzling]
[babbling continues]
Igor: [in Bosnian]
Here you go. Try some.
Eat some meat.
Try by yourself.
Easy, easy.
Here's a little piece of meat.
Easy my little wolf.
[imitates wolf sounds]
[child laughs]
[imitates wolf sounds]
[imitates wolf sounds]
There's more meat.
[chopping of wood]
[horse neighs]
[river flowing strongly]
Igor: [in Bosnian] Where's the little horse?
[child cries]
Do you want some milk?
Do you want some milk?
Give me your hand.
[child cries]
Give me your hand.
Give me your hand.
Will you give me your hand?
Look, look!
[child cries]
[child fusses]
Alright. Alright.
Why are you upset?
Are you upset because youre cold?
Look at this!
[Igor howls]
[child laughs]
Igor: (singing in Bosnian) Go to sleep, little horse.
[branch cracks]
[horse whinnies]
[door creaks]
(in Bosnian) What happened here?
[horse snorts]
Easy there, easy there.
Hey!
Hey!
Whos there?
[birds singing]
["Da Smo Se Ranije Sreli" by Branko Mataja plays]
[door creaks]
Duncan: Igor, how are ya?
Igor: [in Bosnian] Duncan, welcome.
Duncan: Well, its good to see youre still up here.
Duncan: Wasnt gonna shoot me was ya?
Igor: Not this time my friend.
- Good to see you. - Good to see you.
[fire crackling]
Igor: This tea
good for you.
Well you making it ok?
Yeah.
Yeah.
How's the kid doing?
Good.
Sleep like bear.
Bear in winter.
Well, I was wondering if maybe
youd come work for me this winter.
And then in the spring,
if Im going to get any bigger,
Im going to move West.
So you leave, you go?
Im going to go West and youre going to go with me.
I could use the help.
Duncan, I...
cant leave my home.
Well if you work with me till spring,
Ill have you talked into it by the time we go.
All this out here is out here for our taking.
Some people settle down
and take one little piece but,
Im going to take a lot bigger piece.
Im going to make something of it.
Theres enough out there for both of us.
Yeah, but,
Duncan, you have two daughters, beautiful.
I have my son.
Your wife, shes good.
My wife is here, buried.
I stay.
Igor, this winters going to be hard.
Its going to be a hard winter for all of us.
Especially you up here by yourself
with that little boy.
He needs people around him.
Its like your wife,
you dont leave all that behind, you take it with you
and make twice of what the kid is.
Hell have that history and this history.
All aimed for the future.
Put him in a hole in the mountains, he'll just
always be small.
He needs a community, learn to read, write.
Hell just be that much more well-rounded.
Think about it Igor.
Ill be back.
Id like to have you at the ranch this winter.
My kids aint as big as you yet.
Dont freeze down.
I'll be back.
Igor:[in Bosnian] Horse.
Do you want to see the horse?
[child babbling]
Hand?
Hand?
[child babbling]
Horse?
It has spots.
[child babbling]
Igor: [in Bosnian] One, two, three!
(in English) One, two, three!
(in Bosnian) One, two, three!
[playful noises]
[child babbling]
Igor: [in Bosnian] Two fires, two fires.
Two fires.
Two fires.
[child babbling]
[playful noises]
[child babbling]
Son?
Son?
Son!
Alo!
Son!
Son!
Where are you?
Son!
Son!
[distant cries]
Son!
Where are you?
[crying grows louder]
There you are.
[child crying]
You can't run away like that.
Mom's not here.
Daddy's here. I'm sorry.
Daddy fell asleep.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry!
Mom's not here.
[child cries]
Mom is up there.
Mom is up there.
[Igor speaks Bosnian]
Let's see the horse.
Let's go see the horse.
[child continues crying]
[Igor speaks Bosnian]
Igor: [in Bosnian] Its not easy being without a mom.
Look at you, not even two years old and no mom.
What can you do, son.
Life is not always what you want it to be.
Nor will it be.
But you know, she was brave.
It was her idea that we come here.
To move to America.
I was afraid.
Same as now.
But that was her wish and I would do anything for her.
Then and now.
I know its not easy for us here,
especially in this damned winter.
Duncan wants us to go with him.
To move again, to go West.
With you
Im not afraid because its not about me anymore.
I always said that when I become a father
it wont be about me anymore
but about my son or daughter.
[distant wolves howling]
[distant wolves howling]
[shotgun fires]
[wind whistling]
[grunts]
[low growl]
[deep low growl]
[bear growls]
[huffing]
[grunts]
[bear breathing heavily]
[deep low growling]
[bear sniffing]
[bear sniffs heavily]
[bear huffing]
[loud growl]
[low grunting]
[grunting]
[panting]
[Igor humming]
[child crying]
[wind howls]
Igor: [in Bosnian] Do not worry my love.
The little one is well. He is sleeping.
Its not easy here for me anymore, alone.
The friend that I told you about many times, Duncan,
he helped us so much this winter, and before.
He asked me if we would want to go West with him.
I said to him, how I really feel.
That I dont want to leave you.
But I see that our son
he needs...
not just other kids, but also
freedom, and a life that
you wanted us to find when we came
here.
[Hteo Bi Te Zaboraviti by Branko Mataja plays]
Its difficult for me.
Everything is difficult.
Its not that Im complaining.
I will do everything that I promised you, but
I cant do it alone anymore.
I will take care of our son.
Do not worry about anything.
We will come back to visit you someday.
[Hteo Bi Te Zaboraviti
by Branko Mataja continues]
(in Bosnian) Dont worry we are going soon.
We are going soon.
[child cries]
Igor: [in Bosnian] Look, horse.
Horse.
Bravo.
Bravo!
Child: Mama!
[song fades]
[whip]
[horses trotting]
[horses neigh]
Child: The horse.
Child: The horse.
Child: The horses!
Bonnie: The daisies are just starting to bloom
right now.
Olivia: We should have grabbed some.
Bonnie: I didnt see any on my walk.
I dont think I went far enough away from the house.
But maybe later we can go see
what other ones we can find.
Olivia: There are bunnies living under our house,
I saw one going under there.
Bonnie: Anna, what flower is this?
Olivia: Wild rose!
Bonnie: Good job, Olivia.
How about this one?
Looks like a
- Harebell! - Yes!
How about this other purple one?
Alpine!
Lupine. It grows in the alpine.
Bonnie: How about this one?
Coneflower which can be mixed with the wild rose
to make tea or soup
to make you feel better when youre sick.
Bonnie: Yeah, good job.
[horses trotting]
[lasso swinging]
[horse snorts]
Duncan: Move your horse in like this.
Igor: Bravo!
Bravo.
Duncan: The very end of your loop is called the tip.
So if you pay attention to that tip, where it is,
when its behind you, then throw.
And it will throw it from way back behind you
right at that post.
Igor: Okay. Lets try again.
I think I got it.
Duncan: Come down and go over the front of your head.
- Hey! - Hey!
Nice work.
Its like fishing.
[scrubbing]
[wind blows]
[prairie insects]
Oooh!
Ready?
You want it?
[Child babbles] - Careful.
Careful, you gotta be careful.
- Oooh! - Woah!
Olivia: Look theres a yellow flower in it!
[child babbles]
[prairie insects]
[wind blows]
[child laughing]
Igor: Woah.
Igor: [in Bosnian] Do you want soup?
Bonnie: Ivo, would you like some beans?
No beans.
Igor:(in English) No beans. Oh!
Igor: [in Bosnian] Easy there, easy there.
Mess.
Igor:(in English) Yes, big mess.
[laughter]
Ivo: (in Bosnian) A little more.
Igor: [in Bosnian] A little more, alright.
[Ivo babbles]
Igor:(in English) Eat.
[laughter]
I think it's time for him,
little bit of milk and sleepy.
I be back.
[child babbling]
(in Bosnian) Say good night.
Bonnie: Good night Ivo.
(in Bosnian): Good night.
Girls: Good night.
[door closes]
Bonnie, I've decided we should make the move.
It's feeling like we've outgrown this place.
Everybody seems to be moving West.
There's more ghost towns
popping up here all the time.
[wind whistles]
If we go West I think we can expand, exponentially.
In San Francisco they are putting rails in
where horses pull cars and loads of people
right down the rail.
There's books, there's schools, there's
classrooms full of boys.
[laughter]
And they don't all look just like us.
[laughter]
What do you girls think about
going across the country?
I like it here and I don't want to move.
Olivia: Are we going to bring all of our horses?
Well, we'll sell what we can't bring with us.
That'll give us a start to
buy better stock, stronger stock.
We'll keep the best ones we've made here.
That'll be a
foundation for what we are going to start out there.
Well, if you think it's what's best
we better do something
before the weather starts changing
or we're going to run out of window.
I think it wouldn't hurt to send off for Shawn.
Shawn?
Olivia: We havent seen him in like.. Years.
Olivia: A million years.
He's been here, he knows kinda how we work
and what needs to be done.
Duncan: Think you'll remember him if you see him?
Yeah.
Duncan: Yeah?
You dont forget family.
[thunder rumbles]
I hope whoever gets this
lives in it as much as we have.
It's so hard to believe we are crossing the country.
[thunder rumbles]
It's exciting and terrifying at the same time.
I'll get Igor to help me re-shoe everything.
Go through the harness, make
sure everything is ready to go.
Anna doesnt seem too excited about it.
Yeah it's just a phase, she'll grow out of it.
I hope you're right about that.
Olivia seems pretty amenable
to anything you suggest.
Yeah, as long as you got a book or a horse
she'll do about anything for you.
Well.
Here's to more dreaming.
Yeah, huh?
[wind blows]
Well, I'll go over to the bank
and finalize the sale of our places.
(in Bosnian) Okay Duncan.
You sure you still want to sell your cabin?
(in English) Yes.
It's good for us. Its time for a change.
I trust you my friend.
Alright.
Thank you.
Go get a drink.
Ill see you inside.
Ill be over directly.
Uncle Duncan, how the hell are ya?
I'm good, son.
It's been a long time!
Yeah I didn't know when you guys
were going to make it!
Brought this coyote from down in Texas, we...
had to get him out of a little trouble down there but,
he made it out alright.
- Good to meet you, son.
- Good to know you.
He became a pretty good friend of mine.
Shawn: Well, I see you're still
in the same spot I left you pretty much.
Yeah, right in the old rocking chair.
How's the horse business been treating you?
Its been good.
I just kinda always wanted to expand.
Just keep growing, keep growing.
I got this young kid,
He had kind of a rough patch, and starved out.
And I brought him on.
Brought him out of the mountains.
Talked him into sticking on through spring.
He decided to sell his place, throw in with us, so.
He's got a little kid.
[coyotes barking]
Sounds like you got some coyotes out here.
Yeah, I was just listening to that.
God I hope there's coyotes where we are going.
I love the sounds of coyotes.
Me too.
That just means were still
wild and free and the country ain't all cut up.
You hitch a team?
Caleb: Yes, sir.
Thats good to know.
How about shoeing horses?
Im alright.
Well Ill take your word for it.
You made it this far.
Throw in with us and I'll show you what you don't know.
Appreciate it.
Olivia: Shawn!
Olivia, Anna!
Oohoo!
- How yall doing? - Good!
Oh its been so long!
This is my friend Caleb I brought from Texas.
How are you young ladies?
These are my cousins Anna and Olivia.
What have you little girls been up to
besides growing like weeds?
Not much.
Youre getting big!
Yeah.
[herding horses]
[bucket clanks]
[harness clanking]
Igor: Oooh, grasshopper!
Olivia: Grasshopper!
[Ivo cries]
- Igor: Bravo! - Ivo: Dada!
Duncan: Breaks off, let's go.
[horses snort]
[wagons creak and rumble]
[wagon rumbling]
[winds blow]
[winds blow]
Shawn: I reckon you can ride your horse
all the way across this country
and spend your whole life doing it,
and never see everything there is to see.
But it's always good to be
back around your family and
traveling with them too.
Caleb: About the only family Ive had is Shawn here.
Shawn and Ive seen a lot of
country in the last year or so.
Been changing every place
every few months, seems like.
Guess Im kind of curious to see what
what the wind blows us to next.
Igor: For my son I just want...
one home.
Not so much change.
Duncan: I think sometimes the
hardest thing we face is change.
Everyone bucks it, and fights it.
After youve got comfortable making the change,
are the times youre glad you did it.
I think life is all about new changes,
good and bad changes.
Duncan: Make the best of it.
[footsteps approaching]
Long ride calls for a drink.
Thanks part.
Pretty country up here, huh?
Yeah.
Gotta say it's a lot more beautiful than Texas.
I dont think Ill miss the
deserts of Lubbock in my life.
Trees are a lot prettier to
look at than cacti I guess.
It's peaceful out here too.
I don't know if I want to go back Shawn.
Well I wasn't planning on it.
You think they got good whiskey where we're going?
Oh I don't know, I don't...
Suppose it don't matter either way.
I mostly drink for the effects.
Gimme another pull off that bottle how about?
Bet.
Oh it's about time you and I slowed down.
Can't be bastards our whole life I guess.
Igor:[in Bosnian] We clean it.
Ivo: Woah!
Like this.
Like this.
We throw this for the other fish.
For the other fish.
Then we wash it.
(in Bosnian) Slowly, easy. Be careful.
It looks like it's going to rain today.
Olivia: Red leaf!
[river flowing strongly]
[Igor whistling]
[whistling]
Morning, Igor!
(in Bosnian) Good morning!
(in English) Good morning.
Back in my home,
my wife make bread,
not just for us, but for work.
We have rivers like this,
and river so fast
circle turn.
And we pour grain in,
to make flour like this.
My Anna,
she make bread for whole town.
I miss my home very much.
[Duncan grinds coffee]
We have same river, almost same.
Color at home, more green, blue.
Like eyes of my wife or my Ivo. Blue.
For me home is horses.
As long as I got horses,
I always feel I have a job to do,
an income I can make.
[birds singing]
Good grass and water is
what I call home I guess, 'cause
it's where I got to have to have horses.
Olivia: Its starting to rain Anna.
It is?
Yeah I just felt some rain drops.
[Olivia mumbling]
[horses approaching]
Olivia!
Man: Hey there little lady.
Whatcha doing out here?
Just adventuring the forest.
Your folks around here at all?
Theyre back at camp.
Where are you headed?
Out West. My daddy sold the ranch.
- Anna: Olivia! - Man: Oh yea?
How many people traveling with you?
Olivia: Eight or nine.
We have my cousin Shawn,
- Olivia Kelly! Lets go! - Caleb, Igor...
- Now! - and his son, and me.
Yall take care now.
Anna: Whyd you say that?
[river flowing strongly]
My foot is all wet.
Alright. Ill go get your sister.
Thank you.
You made it.
Here's another one for you. Watch that rifle.
[horses neighing]
[whipping]
[horses neighing]
[whipping]
Ivo: The water!
The water!
Ivo: This very good.
Olivia: Cheers, cheers, cheers!
Anna: Oh, thank you.
Anna: You want it now?
Olivia: Oh! Careful! You wanna go run? Come on, lets go!
["Tesko Mi Je Zaboravit Tebe" by Branko Mataja plays]
Ivo, Ivo, Ivo!
[Olivia sings playfully]
Look at the water!
You blow it.
Blow hard!
Ready?
Woah!
Woah!
Find a big rock!
Ivo.
(in Bosnian) For mom.
Throw them for mom.
Ivo: (in Bosnian) Throw them for mom.
(in English) Mama up in the sky.
[song fades]
(in Bosnian) Mom is up there.
Ivo: (in Bosnian) Mom is up there.
[night crickets]
[horse approaching]
[rifle cocks] Shawn: Halt!
Caleb: Who goes there?
Walter: Dont shoot, dont shoot!
Walter: Duncan! Walter.
Hes got a rifle.
Duncan: Easy, man! Easy.
Its my friend Walter, no threat.
Igor: I hear Duncan say, he know you long time.
How you become friends?
About two days ride where the sun sets,
I was out hunting.
One night, some Crows,
Indians, came and stole my horses.
Duncan here gave me a horse, helped me get home.
And ever since then, we've been good friends.
It ended up being one of my best horses I gave Walter.
Turns out, the favor came all the way back around.
Anna Marie was just about to be born and
we were having trouble.
I didn't feel like I could leave them.
Walter showed up.
If he hadn't rode all night and
into the morning to get the doctor,
I don't know if they would've made it.
Friends like that you just keep forever.
Igor: Walter, what's the name of your people?
Amskapi Piikani.
We are Piikani.
But the white man called us Piegans.
We've got Siksika, and Kainai.
We used to follow the buffalo,
but after the white man came,
and now we gotta hunt elk and deer and
antelope, so.
Now we follow them around.
I understand, your people here a long time.
In my country, we there long time,
and others come and take away.
But I have friend from other country,
like you and Duncan,
where we are not supposed to be friends,
good with each other.
But we are because he good man.
He named Mehmed.
Mehmed and Igor supposed to kill each other.
What you call this place?
This is Crow land, across.
There's no way we are going to cross here.
We have to ride four days, down river, and cross.
Very quiet here, I never see something like this.
Duncan: I've heard a lot of
people talk about this place.
Haven't been here yet.
[hawk screeches]
Its good to finally see it but,
it's kind of in the wrong place right now.
Igor: I hear you my friend.
I wish my Anna was alive to see this.
So beautiful.
Walter: Looks like this is where we part ways.
I can't cross into Crow country.
Duncan: I understand.
["Susti Bagrem Beli" by Branko Mataja plays]
[wagon rumbling and creaking]
[song fades]
Bonnie: What is your honor
thinking of? cried Sancho.
They are not giants, but windmills,
and their arms, as you call them,
are the sails, which being driven by the winds,
set the millstones going.
Tis plain, said Don Quijote.
That thou has still much to learn
in our school of adventures.
I tell thee, they are giants, and if thou art afraid,
keep out of the way and pass the time in prayer
while I engage them in fierce and unequal battle."
What do you girls think?
Olivia: That's funny.
[clears throat]
Do you think he'll win the
battle against the wind mills?
Anna: No.
[laughter]
They could chop his head off.
[laughter]
Bonnie: That would be interesting.
[Igor groans]
[bucket clanks]
[Igor groans]
[bucket clanks]
[tumbling rocks]
[rifle cocks]
[horse neighs]
[rifle fires]
[IGOR screams]
[Igor groans]
[distant rifles firing]
Shawn, Caleb! Cover Bonnie!
[gunfire]
["Fly, Fly My Sadness" by the Bulgarian
Voices Angelite & Huun-Huur-Tu plays]
[gunfire]
[Shawn groans]
[Caleb groans]
Caleb!
Bonnie!
Get the kids and the wagon and get out of here!
[gunfire]
Ivo!
Duncan: Shawn! Leave him!
- Come on, Caleb! - Duncan: Leave him!
Get to cover!
[gunfire continues]
Anna, it's burning!
[Olivia screams]
Ivo!
[Igor groans]
(in Bosnian) Son!
[Ivo cries]
Daddy!
Daddy!
[gunfire]
Duncan: Igor! Cover me!
[Ivo cries]
[gunfire continues]
[melodic singing]
[gunfire continues]
[Igor groans]
[gunfire continues]
[Igor groans]
[labored breathing]
[Igor groans]
[gunfire continues in distance]
[song fades]
[horse neighs]
[Igor groans]
Duncan: Where did they hit you son?
Ohh yeah!
[Igor groans]
You just keep pressure on there.
Igor: [in Bosnian] Forgive me.
Keep pressure on it.
(in Bosnian) Take care of my son.
Watch my son, Duncan.
Just keep pressure on.
Youll see him again.
Watch my son.
Youll see him again.
You just stay alive till I get back.
Watch my son.
[distant gunfire]
[Duncan fires]
[Igor groans]
[gunfire stops]
[footsteps]
Alright Igor, let's go.
Igor!
[wind blows]
[breathes heavily]
Well old Storm is about ready to fowl.
I wish you could be there to see it.
You were always good with her.
You were good with all the horses.
You always told me I had two fathers.
One from the East and one from the West.
You raised me Duncan,
but I know I am alive because of him.
I want to thank you for
keeping his memory alive for me.
He lives within me...
as you will.
I'll take care of our horses dad,
of our family too.
[Hteo Bi Te Zaboraviti by Branko Mataja plays]
[loud bucking]
[horses galloping]
[whip cracks]
[song fades]
[hammering]
[brushing]
[shoeing continues]
How far along do you think she is?
I'd say a month or so.
Before shes due.
Wouldn't hurt to put her on a little extra feed,
keep her close by, keep an eye on her.
Do we have to sell all of them?
I've been thinking about that.
Part of me says yes and the other part of me says no.
It's just hard to make a decision like this.
Never would have thought this war
would take all the horses from us.
If anything just a few, not all of them though.
Plenty of horses around,
it's not like we're the only ones
whove got horses here.
Dan!
Yeah?
This one goes to.
Got it.
Thank you.
[clicks his tongue]
Come on. Theres a boy.
There.
Yeah.
Yeah.
[clicks his tongue]
[horse neighs in distance]
[baby horse neighs]
[loud thud]
[patting]
[horse breathes nervously]
[baby horse whinnies]
[scratching]
[patting]
[distant thunder]
Theres a boy.
[thunder rumbles]
[thunder rumbles]
[train hiss]
WWI Officer: Are you with the Vezain Ranch?
Yes sir.
Ivo Galijasevic.
Is this all of them?
Yes sir, all 40 head.
[train whistles]
Any idea where they are headed?
Hard to say, probably England or Greece.
Don't worry.
We'll make sure they are fed and treated for wounds.
Ivo: What are the chances
of any of them making it back?
WWI Officer: You never know.
Let's get them loaded. Come on.
[horses whinny]
Alright.
Come on.
[ocean waves]
[horses whinnying]
(in Serbian) Calm down.
[plane approaches]
[plane roars]
[Soldier groans]
[Soldier groans]
[labored breathing]
[water roars]
[water roars]
[kernels drop]
[grinding]
[waterfall roars]
[birds singing]
[birds singing]
[plane approaches]
[plane roars]
[horse neighs] (in Croatian): What's that?
Is that a horse?
That is a horse.
What are you doing all alone in the woods?
Maybe someone left you here.
I am going to pet you.
Oh. a hat!
[horse neighs]
[flies buzzing]
[imitates gun firing]
[river flowing]
Sister (in Croatian): Luka!
Where have you been?
Youve been gone all day!
I know.
You know its not safe to be alone in the forest!
Yes!
Whose horse is this?
My friend.
Where did you find him?
In the forest.
You shouldnt have brought him.
Whats this?
Its a hat.
Where did you find this?
Next to the horse.
You know you shouldnt take other peoples things.
You know its not safe.
I know.
We need to give this back, we have to let the horse go.
But hes my friend.
We cant take him home with us.
You know father will get very angry.
We cant take him, we have
to let him go back in the forest.
Give me the horse.
[birds singing]
[cow bells clanking]
[harness clanking]
Father: (in Croatian) Go.
Go.
Go!
Go!
Go!
Go on!
[horse neighs]
(in Croatian) Farewell.
["Tuzna Je Nedelja" by Branko Mataja plays]
[footsteps on snow]
[grunts]
[grunts]
[labored breathing]
[grunting]
[fire crackling]
[child babbling]
Igor: [in Bosnian]
Don't throw anything.
[child babbling]
Igor: [in Bosnian]
Don't throw anything.
Igor: [in Bosnian] Hold on.
[sizzling]
[babbling continues]
Igor: [in Bosnian]
Here you go. Try some.
Eat some meat.
Try by yourself.
Easy, easy.
Here's a little piece of meat.
Easy my little wolf.
[imitates wolf sounds]
[child laughs]
[imitates wolf sounds]
[imitates wolf sounds]
There's more meat.
[chopping of wood]
[horse neighs]
[river flowing strongly]
Igor: [in Bosnian] Where's the little horse?
[child cries]
Do you want some milk?
Do you want some milk?
Give me your hand.
[child cries]
Give me your hand.
Give me your hand.
Will you give me your hand?
Look, look!
[child cries]
[child fusses]
Alright. Alright.
Why are you upset?
Are you upset because youre cold?
Look at this!
[Igor howls]
[child laughs]
Igor: (singing in Bosnian) Go to sleep, little horse.
[branch cracks]
[horse whinnies]
[door creaks]
(in Bosnian) What happened here?
[horse snorts]
Easy there, easy there.
Hey!
Hey!
Whos there?
[birds singing]
["Da Smo Se Ranije Sreli" by Branko Mataja plays]
[door creaks]
Duncan: Igor, how are ya?
Igor: [in Bosnian] Duncan, welcome.
Duncan: Well, its good to see youre still up here.
Duncan: Wasnt gonna shoot me was ya?
Igor: Not this time my friend.
- Good to see you. - Good to see you.
[fire crackling]
Igor: This tea
good for you.
Well you making it ok?
Yeah.
Yeah.
How's the kid doing?
Good.
Sleep like bear.
Bear in winter.
Well, I was wondering if maybe
youd come work for me this winter.
And then in the spring,
if Im going to get any bigger,
Im going to move West.
So you leave, you go?
Im going to go West and youre going to go with me.
I could use the help.
Duncan, I...
cant leave my home.
Well if you work with me till spring,
Ill have you talked into it by the time we go.
All this out here is out here for our taking.
Some people settle down
and take one little piece but,
Im going to take a lot bigger piece.
Im going to make something of it.
Theres enough out there for both of us.
Yeah, but,
Duncan, you have two daughters, beautiful.
I have my son.
Your wife, shes good.
My wife is here, buried.
I stay.
Igor, this winters going to be hard.
Its going to be a hard winter for all of us.
Especially you up here by yourself
with that little boy.
He needs people around him.
Its like your wife,
you dont leave all that behind, you take it with you
and make twice of what the kid is.
Hell have that history and this history.
All aimed for the future.
Put him in a hole in the mountains, he'll just
always be small.
He needs a community, learn to read, write.
Hell just be that much more well-rounded.
Think about it Igor.
Ill be back.
Id like to have you at the ranch this winter.
My kids aint as big as you yet.
Dont freeze down.
I'll be back.
Igor:[in Bosnian] Horse.
Do you want to see the horse?
[child babbling]
Hand?
Hand?
[child babbling]
Horse?
It has spots.
[child babbling]
Igor: [in Bosnian] One, two, three!
(in English) One, two, three!
(in Bosnian) One, two, three!
[playful noises]
[child babbling]
Igor: [in Bosnian] Two fires, two fires.
Two fires.
Two fires.
[child babbling]
[playful noises]
[child babbling]
Son?
Son?
Son!
Alo!
Son!
Son!
Where are you?
Son!
Son!
[distant cries]
Son!
Where are you?
[crying grows louder]
There you are.
[child crying]
You can't run away like that.
Mom's not here.
Daddy's here. I'm sorry.
Daddy fell asleep.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry!
Mom's not here.
[child cries]
Mom is up there.
Mom is up there.
[Igor speaks Bosnian]
Let's see the horse.
Let's go see the horse.
[child continues crying]
[Igor speaks Bosnian]
Igor: [in Bosnian] Its not easy being without a mom.
Look at you, not even two years old and no mom.
What can you do, son.
Life is not always what you want it to be.
Nor will it be.
But you know, she was brave.
It was her idea that we come here.
To move to America.
I was afraid.
Same as now.
But that was her wish and I would do anything for her.
Then and now.
I know its not easy for us here,
especially in this damned winter.
Duncan wants us to go with him.
To move again, to go West.
With you
Im not afraid because its not about me anymore.
I always said that when I become a father
it wont be about me anymore
but about my son or daughter.
[distant wolves howling]
[distant wolves howling]
[shotgun fires]
[wind whistling]
[grunts]
[low growl]
[deep low growl]
[bear growls]
[huffing]
[grunts]
[bear breathing heavily]
[deep low growling]
[bear sniffing]
[bear sniffs heavily]
[bear huffing]
[loud growl]
[low grunting]
[grunting]
[panting]
[Igor humming]
[child crying]
[wind howls]
Igor: [in Bosnian] Do not worry my love.
The little one is well. He is sleeping.
Its not easy here for me anymore, alone.
The friend that I told you about many times, Duncan,
he helped us so much this winter, and before.
He asked me if we would want to go West with him.
I said to him, how I really feel.
That I dont want to leave you.
But I see that our son
he needs...
not just other kids, but also
freedom, and a life that
you wanted us to find when we came
here.
[Hteo Bi Te Zaboraviti by Branko Mataja plays]
Its difficult for me.
Everything is difficult.
Its not that Im complaining.
I will do everything that I promised you, but
I cant do it alone anymore.
I will take care of our son.
Do not worry about anything.
We will come back to visit you someday.
[Hteo Bi Te Zaboraviti
by Branko Mataja continues]
(in Bosnian) Dont worry we are going soon.
We are going soon.
[child cries]
Igor: [in Bosnian] Look, horse.
Horse.
Bravo.
Bravo!
Child: Mama!
[song fades]
[whip]
[horses trotting]
[horses neigh]
Child: The horse.
Child: The horse.
Child: The horses!
Bonnie: The daisies are just starting to bloom
right now.
Olivia: We should have grabbed some.
Bonnie: I didnt see any on my walk.
I dont think I went far enough away from the house.
But maybe later we can go see
what other ones we can find.
Olivia: There are bunnies living under our house,
I saw one going under there.
Bonnie: Anna, what flower is this?
Olivia: Wild rose!
Bonnie: Good job, Olivia.
How about this one?
Looks like a
- Harebell! - Yes!
How about this other purple one?
Alpine!
Lupine. It grows in the alpine.
Bonnie: How about this one?
Coneflower which can be mixed with the wild rose
to make tea or soup
to make you feel better when youre sick.
Bonnie: Yeah, good job.
[horses trotting]
[lasso swinging]
[horse snorts]
Duncan: Move your horse in like this.
Igor: Bravo!
Bravo.
Duncan: The very end of your loop is called the tip.
So if you pay attention to that tip, where it is,
when its behind you, then throw.
And it will throw it from way back behind you
right at that post.
Igor: Okay. Lets try again.
I think I got it.
Duncan: Come down and go over the front of your head.
- Hey! - Hey!
Nice work.
Its like fishing.
[scrubbing]
[wind blows]
[prairie insects]
Oooh!
Ready?
You want it?
[Child babbles] - Careful.
Careful, you gotta be careful.
- Oooh! - Woah!
Olivia: Look theres a yellow flower in it!
[child babbles]
[prairie insects]
[wind blows]
[child laughing]
Igor: Woah.
Igor: [in Bosnian] Do you want soup?
Bonnie: Ivo, would you like some beans?
No beans.
Igor:(in English) No beans. Oh!
Igor: [in Bosnian] Easy there, easy there.
Mess.
Igor:(in English) Yes, big mess.
[laughter]
Ivo: (in Bosnian) A little more.
Igor: [in Bosnian] A little more, alright.
[Ivo babbles]
Igor:(in English) Eat.
[laughter]
I think it's time for him,
little bit of milk and sleepy.
I be back.
[child babbling]
(in Bosnian) Say good night.
Bonnie: Good night Ivo.
(in Bosnian): Good night.
Girls: Good night.
[door closes]
Bonnie, I've decided we should make the move.
It's feeling like we've outgrown this place.
Everybody seems to be moving West.
There's more ghost towns
popping up here all the time.
[wind whistles]
If we go West I think we can expand, exponentially.
In San Francisco they are putting rails in
where horses pull cars and loads of people
right down the rail.
There's books, there's schools, there's
classrooms full of boys.
[laughter]
And they don't all look just like us.
[laughter]
What do you girls think about
going across the country?
I like it here and I don't want to move.
Olivia: Are we going to bring all of our horses?
Well, we'll sell what we can't bring with us.
That'll give us a start to
buy better stock, stronger stock.
We'll keep the best ones we've made here.
That'll be a
foundation for what we are going to start out there.
Well, if you think it's what's best
we better do something
before the weather starts changing
or we're going to run out of window.
I think it wouldn't hurt to send off for Shawn.
Shawn?
Olivia: We havent seen him in like.. Years.
Olivia: A million years.
He's been here, he knows kinda how we work
and what needs to be done.
Duncan: Think you'll remember him if you see him?
Yeah.
Duncan: Yeah?
You dont forget family.
[thunder rumbles]
I hope whoever gets this
lives in it as much as we have.
It's so hard to believe we are crossing the country.
[thunder rumbles]
It's exciting and terrifying at the same time.
I'll get Igor to help me re-shoe everything.
Go through the harness, make
sure everything is ready to go.
Anna doesnt seem too excited about it.
Yeah it's just a phase, she'll grow out of it.
I hope you're right about that.
Olivia seems pretty amenable
to anything you suggest.
Yeah, as long as you got a book or a horse
she'll do about anything for you.
Well.
Here's to more dreaming.
Yeah, huh?
[wind blows]
Well, I'll go over to the bank
and finalize the sale of our places.
(in Bosnian) Okay Duncan.
You sure you still want to sell your cabin?
(in English) Yes.
It's good for us. Its time for a change.
I trust you my friend.
Alright.
Thank you.
Go get a drink.
Ill see you inside.
Ill be over directly.
Uncle Duncan, how the hell are ya?
I'm good, son.
It's been a long time!
Yeah I didn't know when you guys
were going to make it!
Brought this coyote from down in Texas, we...
had to get him out of a little trouble down there but,
he made it out alright.
- Good to meet you, son.
- Good to know you.
He became a pretty good friend of mine.
Shawn: Well, I see you're still
in the same spot I left you pretty much.
Yeah, right in the old rocking chair.
How's the horse business been treating you?
Its been good.
I just kinda always wanted to expand.
Just keep growing, keep growing.
I got this young kid,
He had kind of a rough patch, and starved out.
And I brought him on.
Brought him out of the mountains.
Talked him into sticking on through spring.
He decided to sell his place, throw in with us, so.
He's got a little kid.
[coyotes barking]
Sounds like you got some coyotes out here.
Yeah, I was just listening to that.
God I hope there's coyotes where we are going.
I love the sounds of coyotes.
Me too.
That just means were still
wild and free and the country ain't all cut up.
You hitch a team?
Caleb: Yes, sir.
Thats good to know.
How about shoeing horses?
Im alright.
Well Ill take your word for it.
You made it this far.
Throw in with us and I'll show you what you don't know.
Appreciate it.
Olivia: Shawn!
Olivia, Anna!
Oohoo!
- How yall doing? - Good!
Oh its been so long!
This is my friend Caleb I brought from Texas.
How are you young ladies?
These are my cousins Anna and Olivia.
What have you little girls been up to
besides growing like weeds?
Not much.
Youre getting big!
Yeah.
[herding horses]
[bucket clanks]
[harness clanking]
Igor: Oooh, grasshopper!
Olivia: Grasshopper!
[Ivo cries]
- Igor: Bravo! - Ivo: Dada!
Duncan: Breaks off, let's go.
[horses snort]
[wagons creak and rumble]
[wagon rumbling]
[winds blow]
[winds blow]
Shawn: I reckon you can ride your horse
all the way across this country
and spend your whole life doing it,
and never see everything there is to see.
But it's always good to be
back around your family and
traveling with them too.
Caleb: About the only family Ive had is Shawn here.
Shawn and Ive seen a lot of
country in the last year or so.
Been changing every place
every few months, seems like.
Guess Im kind of curious to see what
what the wind blows us to next.
Igor: For my son I just want...
one home.
Not so much change.
Duncan: I think sometimes the
hardest thing we face is change.
Everyone bucks it, and fights it.
After youve got comfortable making the change,
are the times youre glad you did it.
I think life is all about new changes,
good and bad changes.
Duncan: Make the best of it.
[footsteps approaching]
Long ride calls for a drink.
Thanks part.
Pretty country up here, huh?
Yeah.
Gotta say it's a lot more beautiful than Texas.
I dont think Ill miss the
deserts of Lubbock in my life.
Trees are a lot prettier to
look at than cacti I guess.
It's peaceful out here too.
I don't know if I want to go back Shawn.
Well I wasn't planning on it.
You think they got good whiskey where we're going?
Oh I don't know, I don't...
Suppose it don't matter either way.
I mostly drink for the effects.
Gimme another pull off that bottle how about?
Bet.
Oh it's about time you and I slowed down.
Can't be bastards our whole life I guess.
Igor:[in Bosnian] We clean it.
Ivo: Woah!
Like this.
Like this.
We throw this for the other fish.
For the other fish.
Then we wash it.
(in Bosnian) Slowly, easy. Be careful.
It looks like it's going to rain today.
Olivia: Red leaf!
[river flowing strongly]
[Igor whistling]
[whistling]
Morning, Igor!
(in Bosnian) Good morning!
(in English) Good morning.
Back in my home,
my wife make bread,
not just for us, but for work.
We have rivers like this,
and river so fast
circle turn.
And we pour grain in,
to make flour like this.
My Anna,
she make bread for whole town.
I miss my home very much.
[Duncan grinds coffee]
We have same river, almost same.
Color at home, more green, blue.
Like eyes of my wife or my Ivo. Blue.
For me home is horses.
As long as I got horses,
I always feel I have a job to do,
an income I can make.
[birds singing]
Good grass and water is
what I call home I guess, 'cause
it's where I got to have to have horses.
Olivia: Its starting to rain Anna.
It is?
Yeah I just felt some rain drops.
[Olivia mumbling]
[horses approaching]
Olivia!
Man: Hey there little lady.
Whatcha doing out here?
Just adventuring the forest.
Your folks around here at all?
Theyre back at camp.
Where are you headed?
Out West. My daddy sold the ranch.
- Anna: Olivia! - Man: Oh yea?
How many people traveling with you?
Olivia: Eight or nine.
We have my cousin Shawn,
- Olivia Kelly! Lets go! - Caleb, Igor...
- Now! - and his son, and me.
Yall take care now.
Anna: Whyd you say that?
[river flowing strongly]
My foot is all wet.
Alright. Ill go get your sister.
Thank you.
You made it.
Here's another one for you. Watch that rifle.
[horses neighing]
[whipping]
[horses neighing]
[whipping]
Ivo: The water!
The water!
Ivo: This very good.
Olivia: Cheers, cheers, cheers!
Anna: Oh, thank you.
Anna: You want it now?
Olivia: Oh! Careful! You wanna go run? Come on, lets go!
["Tesko Mi Je Zaboravit Tebe" by Branko Mataja plays]
Ivo, Ivo, Ivo!
[Olivia sings playfully]
Look at the water!
You blow it.
Blow hard!
Ready?
Woah!
Woah!
Find a big rock!
Ivo.
(in Bosnian) For mom.
Throw them for mom.
Ivo: (in Bosnian) Throw them for mom.
(in English) Mama up in the sky.
[song fades]
(in Bosnian) Mom is up there.
Ivo: (in Bosnian) Mom is up there.
[night crickets]
[horse approaching]
[rifle cocks] Shawn: Halt!
Caleb: Who goes there?
Walter: Dont shoot, dont shoot!
Walter: Duncan! Walter.
Hes got a rifle.
Duncan: Easy, man! Easy.
Its my friend Walter, no threat.
Igor: I hear Duncan say, he know you long time.
How you become friends?
About two days ride where the sun sets,
I was out hunting.
One night, some Crows,
Indians, came and stole my horses.
Duncan here gave me a horse, helped me get home.
And ever since then, we've been good friends.
It ended up being one of my best horses I gave Walter.
Turns out, the favor came all the way back around.
Anna Marie was just about to be born and
we were having trouble.
I didn't feel like I could leave them.
Walter showed up.
If he hadn't rode all night and
into the morning to get the doctor,
I don't know if they would've made it.
Friends like that you just keep forever.
Igor: Walter, what's the name of your people?
Amskapi Piikani.
We are Piikani.
But the white man called us Piegans.
We've got Siksika, and Kainai.
We used to follow the buffalo,
but after the white man came,
and now we gotta hunt elk and deer and
antelope, so.
Now we follow them around.
I understand, your people here a long time.
In my country, we there long time,
and others come and take away.
But I have friend from other country,
like you and Duncan,
where we are not supposed to be friends,
good with each other.
But we are because he good man.
He named Mehmed.
Mehmed and Igor supposed to kill each other.
What you call this place?
This is Crow land, across.
There's no way we are going to cross here.
We have to ride four days, down river, and cross.
Very quiet here, I never see something like this.
Duncan: I've heard a lot of
people talk about this place.
Haven't been here yet.
[hawk screeches]
Its good to finally see it but,
it's kind of in the wrong place right now.
Igor: I hear you my friend.
I wish my Anna was alive to see this.
So beautiful.
Walter: Looks like this is where we part ways.
I can't cross into Crow country.
Duncan: I understand.
["Susti Bagrem Beli" by Branko Mataja plays]
[wagon rumbling and creaking]
[song fades]
Bonnie: What is your honor
thinking of? cried Sancho.
They are not giants, but windmills,
and their arms, as you call them,
are the sails, which being driven by the winds,
set the millstones going.
Tis plain, said Don Quijote.
That thou has still much to learn
in our school of adventures.
I tell thee, they are giants, and if thou art afraid,
keep out of the way and pass the time in prayer
while I engage them in fierce and unequal battle."
What do you girls think?
Olivia: That's funny.
[clears throat]
Do you think he'll win the
battle against the wind mills?
Anna: No.
[laughter]
They could chop his head off.
[laughter]
Bonnie: That would be interesting.
[Igor groans]
[bucket clanks]
[Igor groans]
[bucket clanks]
[tumbling rocks]
[rifle cocks]
[horse neighs]
[rifle fires]
[IGOR screams]
[Igor groans]
[distant rifles firing]
Shawn, Caleb! Cover Bonnie!
[gunfire]
["Fly, Fly My Sadness" by the Bulgarian
Voices Angelite & Huun-Huur-Tu plays]
[gunfire]
[Shawn groans]
[Caleb groans]
Caleb!
Bonnie!
Get the kids and the wagon and get out of here!
[gunfire]
Ivo!
Duncan: Shawn! Leave him!
- Come on, Caleb! - Duncan: Leave him!
Get to cover!
[gunfire continues]
Anna, it's burning!
[Olivia screams]
Ivo!
[Igor groans]
(in Bosnian) Son!
[Ivo cries]
Daddy!
Daddy!
[gunfire]
Duncan: Igor! Cover me!
[Ivo cries]
[gunfire continues]
[melodic singing]
[gunfire continues]
[Igor groans]
[gunfire continues]
[Igor groans]
[labored breathing]
[Igor groans]
[gunfire continues in distance]
[song fades]
[horse neighs]
[Igor groans]
Duncan: Where did they hit you son?
Ohh yeah!
[Igor groans]
You just keep pressure on there.
Igor: [in Bosnian] Forgive me.
Keep pressure on it.
(in Bosnian) Take care of my son.
Watch my son, Duncan.
Just keep pressure on.
Youll see him again.
Watch my son.
Youll see him again.
You just stay alive till I get back.
Watch my son.
[distant gunfire]
[Duncan fires]
[Igor groans]
[gunfire stops]
[footsteps]
Alright Igor, let's go.
Igor!
[wind blows]
[breathes heavily]
Well old Storm is about ready to fowl.
I wish you could be there to see it.
You were always good with her.
You were good with all the horses.
You always told me I had two fathers.
One from the East and one from the West.
You raised me Duncan,
but I know I am alive because of him.
I want to thank you for
keeping his memory alive for me.
He lives within me...
as you will.
I'll take care of our horses dad,
of our family too.
[Hteo Bi Te Zaboraviti by Branko Mataja plays]
[loud bucking]
[horses galloping]
[whip cracks]
[song fades]
[hammering]
[brushing]
[shoeing continues]
How far along do you think she is?
I'd say a month or so.
Before shes due.
Wouldn't hurt to put her on a little extra feed,
keep her close by, keep an eye on her.
Do we have to sell all of them?
I've been thinking about that.
Part of me says yes and the other part of me says no.
It's just hard to make a decision like this.
Never would have thought this war
would take all the horses from us.
If anything just a few, not all of them though.
Plenty of horses around,
it's not like we're the only ones
whove got horses here.
Dan!
Yeah?
This one goes to.
Got it.
Thank you.
[clicks his tongue]
Come on. Theres a boy.
There.
Yeah.
Yeah.
[clicks his tongue]
[horse neighs in distance]
[baby horse neighs]
[loud thud]
[patting]
[horse breathes nervously]
[baby horse whinnies]
[scratching]
[patting]
[distant thunder]
Theres a boy.
[thunder rumbles]
[thunder rumbles]
[train hiss]
WWI Officer: Are you with the Vezain Ranch?
Yes sir.
Ivo Galijasevic.
Is this all of them?
Yes sir, all 40 head.
[train whistles]
Any idea where they are headed?
Hard to say, probably England or Greece.
Don't worry.
We'll make sure they are fed and treated for wounds.
Ivo: What are the chances
of any of them making it back?
WWI Officer: You never know.
Let's get them loaded. Come on.
[horses whinny]
Alright.
Come on.
[ocean waves]
[horses whinnying]
(in Serbian) Calm down.
[plane approaches]
[plane roars]
[Soldier groans]
[Soldier groans]
[labored breathing]
[water roars]
[water roars]
[kernels drop]
[grinding]
[waterfall roars]
[birds singing]
[birds singing]
[plane approaches]
[plane roars]
[horse neighs] (in Croatian): What's that?
Is that a horse?
That is a horse.
What are you doing all alone in the woods?
Maybe someone left you here.
I am going to pet you.
Oh. a hat!
[horse neighs]
[flies buzzing]
[imitates gun firing]
[river flowing]
Sister (in Croatian): Luka!
Where have you been?
Youve been gone all day!
I know.
You know its not safe to be alone in the forest!
Yes!
Whose horse is this?
My friend.
Where did you find him?
In the forest.
You shouldnt have brought him.
Whats this?
Its a hat.
Where did you find this?
Next to the horse.
You know you shouldnt take other peoples things.
You know its not safe.
I know.
We need to give this back, we have to let the horse go.
But hes my friend.
We cant take him home with us.
You know father will get very angry.
We cant take him, we have
to let him go back in the forest.
Give me the horse.
[birds singing]
[cow bells clanking]
[harness clanking]
Father: (in Croatian) Go.
Go.
Go!
Go!
Go!
Go on!
[horse neighs]
(in Croatian) Farewell.
["Tuzna Je Nedelja" by Branko Mataja plays]