Amish: A Secret Life (2012)
Miriam and Dave Lapp are a charming young couple with a brood of adorable children. Dave works in and part owns a construction company. They are also members of the 'Old Order' Amish community in Pennsylvania,whose church forbids all technology - though Dave gets lifts to work in a car and the couple,by allowing themselves to be filmed,risk the wrath of church elders. Having outlined their traditional life-style to camera Miriam persuades several friends to be happily filmed and it becomes clear that the Lapps and other,younger Amish,believe that,having been rebaptized to allow a more open evangelical approach - risking excommunication thereby - they feel the need for a change in the community. The film ends as the family consolidates its dream to own their own farm.
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Pretty Good
It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
Amish speak to me as i was deep into meadows-land while i coast to coast America by bus and because of the deep wisdom that the related movie « witness » infuses. This is the only community i know that really prohibits guns and taking lives believing clearly than man can't be the judge of other life ! They move me too because of their way of life, centered about love, simplicity, family, hard-work ! For those, we have watched « witness », this documentary won't be a surprise and i can't say it opens new fields : same clothes, same humility, same habits and traditions ! The only change i notice is that now it's for real : it's a true family not actors ! As this family took great risks to open doors, i just can rate it with the best mark to honor their courage !