Intense love and hate bring a man and woman through personal tragedy.Intense love and hate bring a man and woman through personal tragedy.Intense love and hate bring a man and woman through personal tragedy.
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- 3 nominations
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- TriviaFinal film of director John Berry. NOTE: He died during post-production.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Jersey Girl (2004)
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When you have fallen into a pit, the edge of the ground is your horizon.
An absorbing (although repetitive and rather didactic) analysis of exploitation and despair in a situation where there is no way forward or up, where the attempts to make yourself feel better by violating and putting down whoever is below you seems to be the only option. But even here, in this desolate wasteland of lost dreams and no future, that does not work, and reaching out to something or someone to comfort and share with, a simple act of charity, gives some reward, even if it just makes the present bearable by reviving memories of the past.
Although there is little actual on screen violence, this is a harsh and brutal film about the small mindedness of oppression (politically and personally) that does not make for easy entertainment. Clearly based on a play, with a small cast, a broader more expansive relation to the general social and political environment would possibly have helped the film to reach a wider audience.
Although there is little actual on screen violence, this is a harsh and brutal film about the small mindedness of oppression (politically and personally) that does not make for easy entertainment. Clearly based on a play, with a small cast, a broader more expansive relation to the general social and political environment would possibly have helped the film to reach a wider audience.
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- Martin-117
- Oct 13, 2001
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- Boesman i Lena
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- Gross US & Canada
- $32,625
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,684
- Nov 5, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $32,625
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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