Journey Southwest

Ben is a teenage boy who, after the tragic death of his father, languishes in camp of prospectors and is forced to work for them. When the likable Chett Adams appears in town, Ben glimpses a shadow of hope for a better future. Chett not only deals with O'Brien, who is a violent card sharp, but also wants to use the winnings to send the boy to school in the southwest. But Ben's journey in search of a better life isn't straight, it's accompanied by an old prospector chased by robbers and is the hard school of life; at the end of he'll no longer be a boy, but a grown man... (Zlín Film Festival)