Settlers story
Settlers is a 2021 British science fiction thriller film written and directed by Wyatt Rockefeller. Synopsis: A small family that is homesteading on Mars has their lives turned upside down by a trespasser.
14 total · 6 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| betrayal | major | Remmy felt betrayed when her mother romantically involved herself with the interloping, father killing Jerry. |
| colonization of Mars | major | The story follows the trial and tribulations of a small family that is homesteading on Mars. |
| controlling family member | major | A central line of the story is Remmy coping with and ultimately standing up to Jerry - a manipulative man who'd insinuated himself into her family by killing her father and taking her mother as his lover. |
| coping with the death of a parent | major | Remmy laid to rest first her father and later her mother. Both were killed by Jerry and Remmy was left to make sense of what had happened. |
| mother and daughter | major | Ilsa was trying to protect her young daughter, Remmy, from the bandit Jerry, who'd forced himself into their family. Remmy hated that her mother had accepted Jerry as her lover. |
| resentment | major | Remmy deeply resented Jerry for having killed her father and subsequently taken his mother as his lover. Jerry later killing her mother didn't help matters either. |
| coping with the death of a spouse | minor | Ilsa laid her husband to rest. |
| father and daughter | minor | Reza died trying to protect his wife and their young daughter, Remmy, from intruders. |
| husband and wife | minor | Reza died trying to protect his wife, Ilsa, and their young daughter from intruders. |
| master and pet | minor | Remmy and the pet-like robot Steve became attached to one another. In the end, Steve saved her from being raped by Jerry. |