In a place almost untouched by time and in an age still blessed by innocence a father and his two sons struggle to make sense of their changing relationships. The Reverend MacLean is head of the family; a stern man shaped by hard times in a land still largely wilderness. His sons are Norman serious and scholarly and Paul a hothead with a weakness for pretty girls and gambling. They are different but devoted and on the Big Blackfoot river they are in perfect harmony bound by a passion for fly-fishing - the gentle sometimes mystical art that slowly comes to symbolise their hopes and fears. Told against the stunning backdrop of Montana at the turn of the century 'A River Runs Through It' is as absorbing as it is enchanting; an authentic American masterpiece.
