Louisiana Story (1948) User Reviews

Drilling in the Louisiana bayou.

[michaelRokeefe · 7/10 · 11 June 2009]

This just seems like something special. Grainy Black & White documentary-style presentation financed by The Standard Oil Company. A fictionalized story of a young boy(Joseph Boudreaux)and his pet raccoon playing in the alligator invested Louisiana bayous. Its a happy, peaceful life sustained by fishing and trapping. The young boy's father(Lionel Le Blanc)sells the rights to an oil company to drill for oil just behind their cabin home. The drillers make friends with the Cajuns, while off- camera the rig strikes a pocket of gas. Mission accomplished and the drillers leave the bayou environment as clean as they found it and the Cajun family is richer for it.

Of course, the story is purely fiction and does not deal with the state of Louisiana as a whole... one has to wonder if the project is not oil company propaganda. Beautiful cinematography shot by Richard Leacock. LOUISIANA STORY is directed, written, and produced by Robert J. Flaherty. Running time is 78 minutes and worthy of your time.

A Look Back At A More Natural Environment

[Lechuguilla · 6/10 · 1 October 2014]

There's not a lot to say about this film. We get random images of a Cajun boy in his canoe, paddling quietly through a bayou, looking, watching, listening ... an alligator here, a snake there, all surrounded by lush swampland vegetation.

The plot is thin. About the only thing of interest is the appearance of an oil well crew that sets up a rig near the boy's home. The crew and the boy become friends, the crew curious about the boy's ability to catch fish, and the boy curious about the new technology. Yet, from the viewpoint of the 21st century, this heavy machinery is an odious intrusion into an otherwise natural, pristine environment. And the boy and his naïve papa seem oblivious to the lurking menace of oil drilling.

The B&W photography probably is the best element of the film. "Louisiana Story" is a mostly visual film with very little dialogue. It's almost a kind of travelogue to a backwoods paradise, sans plot.

I could have wished for some Cajun songs. The music that is provided is all nondescript 1950s-style elevator music. At least the performances are not marred by well-known, professional, actors. All of the actors seem to be either local non-actors or obscure B-movie performers. The absence of Hollywood adds substantial realism to the video.

"Louisiana Story" is a look back in time to an era when people were part of their environment, not separate from it. As such, the film conveys an idyllic tone, peaceful, serene, with only the hint of the technological nightmare yet to appear.

Well-made in some respects, but propagandistic in others.

[brianberta · 6/10 · 7 April 2023]

The opening scenes paint an idyllic picture of nature as well as the relationship it shares with people. With vegetation reflected off the surfaces of ponds, animals roaming about, and the sounds of nature in the background, the bayou feels like a slice of heaven. Even the people who occupy this land don't disrupt the environment since they appear to be one with nature. This is until we're introduced to the threat of industrialization. It starts with the boy (he's referred to as Alexander in the opening, but he's credited as "The Boy" in the film) being knocked into the water due to the wake of a motorboat. We then see an oil tower poking through some trees in the background. The interference of industrialization keeps spiraling until we're introduced to an oil well. With smog being released from its exhaust pipes and the sounds of its machinery being audible throughout much of the bayou, it seems out of place and sacrilegious.

The more one watches the film though, it becomes readily apparent that we're watching a glorification of the oil industry since the film refuses to properly acknowledge the problems it causes to the bayou. You're clearly asked to support the oil well, but given the glaring issues it causes (in addition to the real-world negative effects oil drilling has on the environment), this puts the film at odds with itself. Coming mainly from the perspectives of the working man and those impacted by the oil well, the potential for a great critique on industrialization is there, but we're instead left with an incongruity between the depiction and the endorsement of the industry. Flaherty was commissioned by Standard Oil to make the film though, so it's no surprise that it's propaganda.

The best parts of the film concern the boy's trials within the bayou. As idyllically shot as the bayou is, we're constantly reminded of the danger some of the wildlife poses, specifically in regards to an alligator which recurs throughout the film. Its scenes are memorable, with the standout being a middle scene where the boy attempts to catch it. That scene is tense, but Flaherty was undoubtedly a madman when shooting it. Boudreaux's and the alligator's scenes weren't recorded separately or anything. Rather, they were in fairly close proximity to each other, thus putting Boudreaux in actual danger when that scene was shot. As a result, the suspense in that sequence concerns worrying about real-life harm coming to the actor. To be clear, I don't approve of this as it's clearly child endangerment, but on a gut level, it made for a certain kind of thrill which left a visceral impact on me.

Overall, it's fairly interesting and I enjoyed it in some respects, but the propagandistic elements made it feel like a missed opportunity.

Barefoot Boy With Cheeks Of Tan

[boblipton · 7/10 · 5 January 2020]

Joseph Boudreaux is a Cajun boy living in the bayous. When a wildcat rig starts to drill near his home, he makes friends with the crew.

It's directed by pioneer documentarian Robert J. Flaherty. Flaherty for decades was considered the model documentarian. This was in large part because his NANOOK OF THE NORTH was wildly successful. Nowadays, the admiration has died down.He imposed story lines on his movies, and directed scenes to support them, as opposed to the modern ideal of shooting a tremendous amount of footage of things happening, and then editing the results to bring some sort of coherence to the resulting film. You can see his story-telling technique in the sequence where Boudreaux captures an alligator. In addition, the presence of the drillers is portrayed as completely benign, with no impact on the local wildlife. Modern understanding of global warming and the impact of oil spills and the Deepwater Horizon disaster makes this seem naive. However, Standard Oil underwrote this movie, just as NANOOK had been underwritten by furriers.

The resulting movie is a warm and idyllic one, with amusing details of Cajun superstition and the beauty of the local setting. Although not as informative as modern documentaries try to be, it's beautifully shot and well put together. Virgil Thomson won the Pulitzer Prize for best composition, the only time a movie score has achieved that distinction.

Nearly a commercial

[frankde-jong · 6/10 · 31 August 2022]

Robert Flaherty made films that were a mix of storytelling, documentary and anthropology. He used this mix in for example "Nanook of the North" (1922) filmed above the Arctic circle in Canada and "Man of Aran" (1934) about the life on an Irish island.

"Louisiana story" was his penultimate film, and certainly not his best.

As in most of his films he used non professional actors, but in Louisiana story this resulted in very bad acting.

Far more worse is that the film was partly financed by the Standard Oil Company. The result is that we learn next to nothing about the Cajun culture and that the ecological risks of the oil industry are being underestimated. With regard to the latter aspect, don't be fooled by the incident in the story. It only prevents the film from being a commercial altogether.

A beautiful black and white film

[bandw · 10/10 · 25 September 2006]

If you appreciate black and white cinematography, then you will delight in seeing the restored version of this movie on DVD. Cinematographer Richard Leacock and director Flaherty have teamed up to be the Ansel Adams of the film world. This is one of the most cinematic of films - its power and magic lie in the poetry of the images. The score by Virgil Thomson deserved its Pulitzer Prize for music in 1949; it receives a first class performance here by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy.

Some have commented on the weak story, but I rather enjoyed it - it could be billed as "Huckleberry Finn meets Standard Oil." The story is told through the eyes of a young Cajun who lives with his grandfather and mother in a simple cabin in the Louisiana marshland. In the opening shots we see the boy exploring the bayous in his canoe with his pet raccoon. He has an elemental bond with his natural environment that made me jealous. The boy's grandfather signs a lease allowing Humble Oil to drill a wildcat well on the bayou near his cabin. We share the boy's wonder at seeing the oil derrick being floated into position and his excitement in being invited onto the rig to follow the drilling up close.

From the viewpoint of a more environmentally conscious time some sixty years later, the benevolent portrayal of the oil industry seems a bit quaint, but that a young boy should be fascinated by the process seems genuine, in any era. In fact I found the details on the drilling captivating, particularly the way those scenes were filmed as a ballet with the roustabouts moving to the rhythms of their work accompanied by the clanking of pipes and chugging of engines.

I had a problem with how delighted the grandfather and mother were at being able just to buy a few gifts from the profits of oil having been struck on their land. While the company to whom they had leased their land was making mucho bucks, it looks like the family got a few hundred dollars. Given the fact that this movie was commissioned by Standard Oil, I am sure that it was not the intent to make the company appear so greedy, but maybe that's one thing that hasn't changed in sixty years.

Joseph Boudreaux as the young boy is endearing and Lionel Le Blanc is believable as the crusty grandfather. All the actors appear to be locals - this adds authenticity, but also presents a problem in that they are not greatly skilled when it comes to delivering their lines. But there is minimal dialog and what there is is hardly necessary as the music and images carry you along.

The DVD has several interesting extras, one of them being a reading of some letters from Richard Leacock (postmarked from Abbeville, Louisiana) to his wife during the long filming. In one letter he says that they ran across the twelve-year-old Boudreaux in a café in Cameron, Louisiana. He had an Acadian accent, had trapped with his father, could handle a Cajun pirogue, and had an infectious smile. They figured he was perfect for the part but, since he was born out of wedlock and under-aged, there were significant difficulties under Louisiana law to be worked out before he could be signed on. Leacock's letters are quite frank. In one he notes that there was buzz about the visit from the director of all Standard Oil public relations and that Flaherty did not like him, referring to him as "the old bastard."

This is a wonderful film in the literal sense of the word wonderful.

78 minutes is all it takes...

[mlevens1 · 7/10 · 7 December 2007]

Robert J. Flaherty was known for his documentaries, but this - which seems to be his most revered - is fictional.

This movie was shot on location in Petit Anse Bayou, Louisiana - mostly in the swamps nearby. The three lead parts were played by locals. Steven Soderbergh did the same thing for his film BUBBLE (2005), which showcased mostly non-actors from the Wood County, West Virginia area - where it was shot.

This is film has its problems. The plot of the story, while easy enough to understand, is too thin - there isn't any conflict. Dialogue is scarce. Flaherty is very learned in the art of the documentary; the art of the drama is not the same.

This aside, I think this film is exquisitely shot. It's really very beautiful to look at. He and Leacock created the most beautiful alligator-ridden swamp in movie history.

A stunning piece of work!

[misterjody1 · 10/10 · 7 March 2006]

Having lived many years in Acadiana, I can tell you that this is a beautiful depiction of the immense grace of the area during the forties. The film is not great drama, but the mystery and immense beauty of the bayou is authentic. Joseph Boudreaux, the boy in the movie will melt your heart with his lovely presence and Cajun ways.

Thankfully, this film was placed in the archives of the National Library of Congress in the nineties. The restoration is exquisite! I, for one, am thankful that this monumental tribute to the true Cajun people, as they once were, has been resurrected.

Much of what you will see in this film is, sadly, gone forever. There will never be another tribute to Acadiana like Louisiana Story!

A movie made only interesting by its visuals.

[Boba_Fett1138 · 7/10 · 6 March 2010]

Let's face it, there really isn't much to this movie. It's a movie directed by Robert J. Flaherty, who was best known for his documentaries and his most famous and first movie "Nanook of the North", which wasn't even a real documentary. This movie also ain't no documentary and its something that is somewhat between a full length movie and a fake-documentary, like "Nanook of the North".

In all honesty because of its style and approach, the whole movie and its story was far from an interesting one. It's not really a movie in which a lot is happening and there is no drama to the story in terms of having something awful or shocking happen in it. It just tells the story of a little Cajun boy who enjoys living in the swampy Louisiana area, when suddenly an oil company shows up and starts building an oil derrick. You think that after this point his whole life will change and he'll do anything to prevent the oil company from drilling and destroying the territory he loves to play and hunt in. This movie however got actually produced by an oil company, so there is no such happening in this movie at all. Instead he makes friends with the oil people and just go on about his life as if nothing has drastically changed. This is why "Louisiana Story" just isn't that interesting or strong as movie, story-wise.

It's however still a very well directed one. Every shot got set up nicely and Robert J. Flaherty obviously had an eye for the environments and for creating some beautiful set up shots. The movie is also supported by a really nice musical score by Virgil Thomson. The editing at times is however really off and at times ruins some of the movie its pacing.

Not really a that interesting movie to watch but still perfectly watchable because of how fine it's all made.

7/10

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Louisiana Story

[jboothmillard · 5/10 · 17 February 2018]

This was a title I remembered very well having heard about it numerous times from the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, it was rated average by critics, but I was looking forward to it nonetheless, directed by Robert J. Flaherty (Nanook of the North). Basically it follows the adventures of a young Cajun boy (Joseph Boudreaux) and his pet raccoon, living in the somewhat idyllic bayous of Louisiana. His elderly father (Lionel Le Blanc) is allowing an oil company to drill for oil in the inlet that runs behind their house, a completely assembled miniature oil rig is being towed on a slender barge. The boy comes into conflict with a giant alligator, he hunts the reptile, believing is has eaten his pet raccoon, besides this the only incident is a moment of crisis when the rig strikes a gas pocket. This potential disaster is dealt with, and the floating derrick and friendly drillers depart expeditiously, leaving behind a phenomenally clean environment and a wealthy Cajun family. Also starring E. Bienvenu as the boy's mother, Frank Hardy as the driller and C.P. Guedry as the boilerman. This film is often mistaken as a documentary, the events and characters are fictional, it recruited non-professionals to tell the story, therefore it is docufiction. There is not much dialogue, the action mostly takes place on the river and on the oil drilling platform, there is little action besides the fight with the alligator, but it is nice simple viewing, with beautiful scenery, and only a little industry stuff, a fairly interesting classic documentary drama. It won the BAFTA for Best Documentary Film, and it was nominated the Oscar for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story. Worth watching!

Louisiana Story makes an excellent finale for Robert J. Flaherty

[tavm · 10/10 · 18 March 2007]

Under the heading "Louisiana" I checked this documentary called Louisiana Story by Robert J. Flaherty out of curiosity from my local East Baton Rouge Parish Library. Beautiful views of the state swamps as well as fascinating scenes of the oil rig that inhabits them dominates the film which depicts the adventures of a Cajun boy on a boat fishing and hunting alligators with his pet raccoon. His father occasionally comes along for the ride and they both have friendly relations with the workers of the oil well. There are some scenes of the mother as well. Great Pulitzer Prize-winning music scored by Virgil Thomson is beautifully performed by The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra as conducted by Eugene Ormandy. Wonderful cinematography by Richard Leacock. Worth checking out as a depiction of late '40s Louisiana as well as the final film of Mr. Flaherty before his death in 1951. Update-4/29/07: The Cajun boy that starred in this film, J.C. Boudreaux, is now 73 and lives with his wife of 55 years, Regina, in a FEMA trailer in the town of Sweet Lake which is south of Lake Charles. They moved there after Hurricane Rita destroyed their home in Cameron. They had seven children who have provided them numerous grand-and great-grandchildren. Boudreaux still loves fishing. I found this out reading this morning's The (Baton Rouge) Advocate.

real slice

[SnoopyStyle · 7/10 · 17 April 2022]

A Cajun boy is fishing and hunting with his pet raccoon out in the Louisiana bayou. He comes upon a crew of oil drillers and has various adventures.

This was Oscar nominated for writing which is probably the least compelling part of this movie. It can be argued that there is barely any writing involved. Its strength is the sense of reality in the swamp and the oiler crew. It's a slice of life. It's the docu-style of filmmaking. The kid may not be a great actor but he has realism on his side. There are some great scenes. I can't forget the raccoon and it's great to see a real drilling crew working. The plot isn't much. It's really just a series of swamp adventures.

Gorgeous cinematography...and a story duller than watching paint dry.

[planktonrules · 4/10 · 24 January 2020]

Apparently, "Louisiana Story" was funded by Standard Oil as a public relations film. As such, they got their money's worth when it came to the cinematography. It has some of the nicest black & white footage of a film of its era....and you could tell they really wanted to make a nice film. But, on the other hand, the story is duller than dirt and the plot seems practically non-existent at times. As a result, I don't recommend people see it unless they are interested in filming and great cinematography. Otherwise, its semi-documentary style plot is not much fun to watch and is actually a chore to enjoy.

Story of a Barefoot Boy in the Bayou

[theognis-80821 · 6/10 · 29 November 2023]

The last directorial work by the great anthropological documentarian, Robert J. Flaherty, tells us about a boy's interactions with the natural world, accompanied only by his pet raccoon and a fine score by Virgil Thomson. As to be expected, the editing and photography are pleasing, until interruption by the cacophonous intrusion of the modern world in the form of oil drillers and their derrick. In a story co-written with his wife, Frances, there is virtually no dialogue and the amateur actors grin unremittingly, either by choice or by instruction. This film is not on a level with his best work, "Nanook of the North" (1922) or "Man of Aran" (1934), but the music helps considerably.

Of historical curiosity if not importance.

[mark.waltz · 7/10 · 11 July 2022]

It's very easy to be entranced by the 13 year old Joseph Boudreaux whose adventures in this supposed docudrama are fun to watch even if it's not a real view of Cajun life. He's friendly with a group of workers on an oil rig, anxious to show them the big fish he has caught and later on very proud of the fact that he's gotten a hold of the alligator who took the life of his pet raccoon. You see him playing with the cute critter he keeps on a string, and it's pretty obvious that the raccoon trusts him. That makes it sad when he announces to the oil rig workers that the alligator got his pet, but when he passes by with the corpse of the giant gator, he pats himself on the chest, mighty proud of what he's accomplished, and probably already out in search of more animal companionship. Just stay away from the many snakes and gators in the swamp!

While it's sad that he doesn't have any playmates of his own age, it's enduring to see him comfortable with adults much older than himself, curious over what they're doing and welcomed aboard like the rig mascot. For me, young Boudreaux was the whole film, his innocent charm showing his efforts to deal with a hard life, and yet find some fun in a difficult world, hiding from his grandfather who agreed to let the oil rig come in. Maybe not the truth about the situation going on here, but in spite of a cheap photographic process, documentary director Robert Flaherty does capture some interesting visuals, and at least it opened up my curiosity to finding out elements of this type of lifestyle I previously had no knowledge of.

Great documentary film to see, not the story.

[Huron · 10/10 · 10 January 1999]

Robert Flaherty had a great eye for the interesting shots. Never more so than this oil company funded film about a young boy seeing the oil rig come to his Louisiana bayou. Although there is not much of a story the shots of the oil rig, life in the bayou, and the moods that Flaherty captures make it a film well worth seeing. If you see "Man of Aran" or "Nannok of the North" remember it was the same great documentary filmmaker. I've seen it twice and probably will see it again someday.

Great visuals

[Huron · 10/10 · 3 January 1999]

Robert Flaherty was the great American documentary filmmaker from Nanook of the North to Louisiana Story. Funded by the oil industry, nonetheless, the great visuals from a director -cinematographer make this film a joy. Forget the story and "see" the film!

Pretty Bad

[gavin6942 · 3/10 · 20 January 2016]

The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home.

The script was written by Frances H. Flaherty and Robert J. Flaherty, directed by Robert J. Flaherty, and was commissioned by the Standard Oil Company. As with Flaherty's other films, he tried to create a sense that this was a documentary, when it really was not in any sense of the word.

The film was shot on location in the Louisiana bayou country, using local residents for actors. However, none of the members of the Cajun family (boy, father and mother) were actually related, and the film does not in any aspect deal with Cajun culture or the reality of the hard lives of the Cajun people, or with the mechanics of drilling for oil.

The film has been preserved by the Library of Congress, though I cannot imagine why other than that it captures a (fictional) part of American life. The movie is in the public domain, and is therefore more often than not found in awful quality. But even if it was shiny and new, this is a rather boring and pointless film... how it ever achieved the recognition it did is completely beyond me.

A Magical Masterpiece

[framptonhollis · 9/10 · 16 February 2016]

This is a classic film that blurs the line between documentary and fiction. Here, you won't find a very good plot, but some very interesting sequences and some of the most visually pleasing imagery ever put to screen.

From watching both this and "Man of Aran" you can tell that Flaherty is a very unconventional filmmaker. His films have staged scenes that, as I mentioned earlier, blur the line between fiction and nonfiction creating a nontraditional signature style.

In this film, we follow a young boy (and his friend, a raccoon) living an average life in his hometown. We see him paddle down rivers, walk through the woods, and have tons of entertaining adventures. Then, a bunch of oil drillers move to town. We watch these oil drillers do their work with very minimal dialogue. It's almost all expressed in visuals.

While the film may sound boring and seems to start off kind of boring, in the end, it's a truly adventurous masterpiece! One of my favorites!

louisiana story

[mossgrymk · 5/10 · 28 April 2022]

The kind of work that I'd bet my mineral rights showed up regularly in pelican state tenth grade social studies and science classes throughout the 50s and 60s this is a docu drama about the co existence of oil drilling and bayou culture that is very light on the drama and way too easy on the petroleum industry (which is thanked for its "cooperation" in the credits). The result is a "beautiful" film ( ie, lots and lots of nature) that is ever so faintly dull. And the substitution of symphonic music with Cajun "elements" for, say, zydeco is like director Robert Flaherty carrying a sign that reads "kick me, I'm an elitist". Give it a C.

Charming

[liorashamayne-89556 · 10/10 · 10 April 2022]

I loved it, wonderful photography, music and quite exciting. One never knows what's around the corner. Really well done. Very real like depiction of the glades in Louisiana. Even though it's fictional, there is enough reality in the cinematography. The actors were so natural. Only one who has lived that life, knows what it is truly like. We can only guess. Life was simple and not necessarily hard but joyful in its simplicity. See the good in it, there are enough negative critics.

flaherty's best looking film

[aptpupil79 · 9/10 · 27 December 2003]

another film from robert flaherty (nanook of the north and man of aran). the other two films i've seen from him are documentaries, whereas this one is pretty much a straight film (though it won an academy for best documentary). an argument could be made for man of aran as a documentary, but i don't think that this one qualifies. i think that flaherty works better within the documentary confines. perhaps this is because he needn't worry about developing a story or script - that comes naturally given the genre - and so he can focus more on the editing process and capturing the humanity of the characters. it's also possible that his venture into feature films came after he reached his peak. nanook of the north and man of aran had the similar theme of man's struggle to survive within nature. while they followed rather simple people using simple tools (harpoons and fish hooks mostly) this film introduces industry as man's tool in conquering nature. i must admit that this turned me off of the film a bit; it just didn't seem as pure. it's a beautiful film - the black and white photography really looks good (it was restored by the ucla film archive) and the shots are well composed. the story is told through the eyes of a young boy who wanders around the louisiana swamps on his canoe. he comes to admire the crew of the oil rig that has come to his part of the swamp to drill for oil as part of a deal his father has made with a business partner. the oil people's presence is given much more of a positive portrayal than i would have expected from flaherty. as i perused some of the dvd extras i discovered why this is...it turns out that standard oil commissioned the production and requested a film that showed the beauty of humanity and positive impact oil can have while being entertaining all the while. it's flaherty's best looking film and, again, the score is a highlight, but i think it's kind of a shame this had to be his final picture. B.

A pretty good "mock doc"

[661jda · 5/10 · 9 August 2021]

New phrase... It looks like a documentary but it's not. It's also not a docudrama. I reserve that for something that has more than 200 sentences in the screenplay. WHAT IT IS is a good look at the Louisiana bayous circa 1948. Cajun boy runs around the swamps with his pet raccoon in his boat and befriends the workers on an oil derrick. There's nothing that overly turns me off about the picture, but there's some stuff I would want to question (maybe because I didn't live in that area in the 40's).

#1: For being a cajun boy who grows up in the swamps, how come he doesn't know how to row a boat? #2: Why is the boy automatically inducted into the comradery of the derrick workers? #3: at the end, he climbs up on top of the pipe cap and waves to the guys leaving. That definitely wouldn't happen today. The film was financed by Standard Oil, so nothing disastrously happens that can't be remedied completely (understandable). The wildlife shots are amazingly depicted. At 78 minutes though, it's a fast watch and brings you back to times long gone.

Next to no documentary value, beautiful images

[laurabelinky · 4/10 · 19 July 2023]

Louisiana Story is an ominous closing to Flaherty career, and an indication of the dangers of getting financed by a corporation. I don't agree it is a docudrama; for me this is a low conflict drama with non-actors that best fits the Promotional Media genre. Its subliminal main message revolves around the harmlessness of the industry that would come to be the largest contributor to global climate change.

While Flaherty's first film Nanook of the North was also not an observational documentary as some people believe it to be, at least it really documented the habits of the protagonist's ancestors with their collaboration and consent. This film only uses Louisiana as a set and ignores its culture.

I gave it my time because I study documentaries, and would only recommend looking at it for Richard Leacock's cinematography. Leacock said making this film was transformative for him, and that he learned a lot about being always open to change filming plans to reap what the present moment has to offer from Flaherty.

Insha Allah

[mrdonleone · 8/10 · 9 April 2019]

It's a beautiful movie I know you expected to be before eating but yet it's not and the longer you're in the movie the better it becomes and beautiful background stories and real animals and nature and all of that and it's great and it's great in China