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Synopsis:
A pair of brothers are responsible for their baby brother Martin because their mother is an alcoholic.
One day, they both wake up and find their baby brother dead.
Fast forward to the adult versions, the older brother Nick uses violence to deal with his problems. He also washes away his misery with alcohol.
He is friends with another woman from the apartment who he visits for sexual favors.
Nick meets one of his old friend who is somewhat slow and socially awkward. Nick finds out that his friend is a virgin so they visit a prostitute house. They are turned down so Nick brings his friend to meet the woman at the apartment.
Nick leaves and when he comes back he finds out his friend killed the woman because she wouldn’t stop screaming. Nick takes the rap for the death.
Nick’s brother is also grown up with a kid. The kid’s name is Martin. His wife had been killed in a car accident.
Nick’s brother is a drug addict and depends on heroin to get through the day. Social services are threatening to take the boy away if he can’t bring in any income.
The father and son are inseparable, but because of his drug addiction, he often passes out and forgets to take Martin to school or buy him any food to eat.
Things get desperate when he turns to selling heroin on the street to support his kid, but the police find him and put him in jail.
His kid Martin is placed in a foster care. He becomes de-moralized and commits suicide.
The ending of the story, you find Martin and his uncle Nick at the funeral service.
Final Thoughts:
This movie grabs your attention and never lets go for the rest of the movie.
It seems that death follows this family throughout the whole movie. Each turn of events revolves around the death of a baby, a woman, a mother, or a brother.
This is true in everyone’s life, but one doesn’t realize the significance of it as much as it is hi-lighted in this movie.
This is a dark, surreal, and cold movie.
I give it 5 stars because it depicts accurately the lives of those who do not have much, yet are constantly being challenged to put up with more and more.
Ratings:
5/5