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Brutal Season (2023)
Riveting.
Saw this movie at the Phoenix film Festival, where it won an award for best ensemble. This is so well deserved because every actor convincingly portrays their respective character whose personalities are so well-developed, and revealed to us bits at a time to a powerful, emotional and memorable conclusion.
The movie is set in Red Hook, New York, 1948. The Trouth barely survives on no income in a sweltering hot New York apartment. Even so, there is family harmony. But things take a turn when the prodigal son returns after being gone 12 years.
What I love the most is that this film is like none that I've seen in recent history. Perhaps best described as film noir. But whatever it is, it sticks with you and gives you much to contemplate as you leave the theater and beyond.