Aren't the best films those you didn't expect to find yourself watching? This was one of those. It may be short, but the character driven story is so full of realism and acting quality that after the ending sequence, you feel stunned. It's so refreshing to see films of this standard, that have real emotion poured into them, and some real skill in direction, and not just the usual Hollywood roll outs. I initially saw this film at about 2 AM sitting by myself in front of a small TV outside a backpacker hostel in Katherine, Australia. To be honest, there's no way I would have come across this film otherwise but I think it was the perfect setting for having this experience. Given the low voting scores I wonder whether other viewers saw this in a very different context, perhaps in their living rooms in the middle of the day. Otherwise I can't fathom such a reaction.
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