在这部情寻马剧情片中,生活在城市的导演要为农村的原住民写故事，他们跑到真实的场景，找到现实中的两个小兄弟，抛给他们一个问题：如果爷爷的马不见了怎么办？之后，之后就是电影故事。爷爷吩咐小兄弟给远山送药去，他们偷偷骑走爷爷的马上路，半途马走失了，着急的小兄弟一个寻马，一个继续路途。路上小兄弟不同的心思，用绝对的本色去重演一遍生活。导演清新的处女作，坚持尽量不介入以保存无污染有机生活的完整性。伊朗电影之后的新发现，获多伦多电影节发现大奖。
Evaristo and Luis Antonio - indigenous brothers from the SierraTarahumara in northwest Mexico - have just graduated from boarding elementary school. Evaristo desires to continue his education, leading a bicultural life, where the Tarahumara, or Raramuri as they call themselves, have the opportunity to keep learning to speak, read and write in Spanish, the Mexican official language. Meanwhile Luis Antonio "Tony" is very happy to be done with school. Even though he is a smart kid and has won a grant to move on to high school, he prefers to live life in the ranch, where the kids grow up at a very young age. One morning the brothers are sent to deliver some medicine to a far away community. Tony asks their grandfather for permission to take his horse but the answer is no. Nevertheless, he decides to take it, even if Evaristo is not convinced. They take a wrong path that leads them to a narrow and deep canyon. The horse cannot go on so the boys tie it around a tree. When they come back for...
墨西哥张艺谋。
