I was glad to see this one as a double feature with Secondhand Lions, as they have overlapping themes regarding the boundary between fiction and nonfiction. I don’t say “fact and fiction” (the common phrase) cuz, hey, fiction is often replete with facts, verifiable and authentic.
The “fact vs fiction” idiom is way off target, as is typical with many an English idiom (they have some nice ones that work, as well).
The idiom “big fish in a small pond” is oft said in the Anglosphere, but those coming from outside might not know that and so miss some of the associations other viewers of this file would take for granted.
Elsewhere in my reporting back to my Movie Group (like a book club), I mentioned finding the hero’s emergence into a planned utopian community in the middle of Alabama to be reminiscent of another film, science fiction, at which point my librarians (not AI) served up a ton of suggestions. I might’ve tracked it down using these very blogs. Stay tuned.
I’d say the Quaker practice focuses on keeping it true and mundane at the same time. No cosmetics. Raw is better. More like Chögyam Trungpa, whom my wife especially admired, but me too. Dawn actually visited his place in Colorado, the Shambala campus, Naropa U prolly. I stayed behind on that trip (and several others).
