The Kindred opens to
The Kindred opens to a dreadful scene of a group of elderly people eating dinner. It is a scene I do not remember seeing before, but it was a memorable one. The movie is sadly a depressing one. But this is a powerful film and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys bleak westerns.
The Kindred opens to a speech by the minister of the state, and with a great deal of awkwardly set-up he believes is going to be remembered for the fact that he was born in 1931. His speech is first and foremost a poor attempt by the minister to justify the supposed promise of his daughter, and includes several rambling comments about his political career, and his wife, who apparently is a descendant of the Emperor Alexander (in the movie,