Sunday, November 13, 2016
A world apart
Today's film is about a family who basically isolated completely from the rest of the world.
In the middle of Manhattan.
The father is a frightened guy, an immigrant, who worries about how his kids will make it on the outside so he keeps then inside, homeschooling and all.
A NYTimes Critics' Pick.
When he is fifteen, one of the boys leaves the apartment for the first time. His father is not around.
This is the break that had the whole family begin to move out, first in secret, and then with the parents.
This is a beautifully done documentary. How much is re-enacted and how much "real time" is hard to tell.
No matter.
Such a weird setup to see progress to a final resolution. A bus ride for all into the country around the city.
This is not a spoiler because it is the process of how this came about that is the point of the film. Very good. A 3 out of Netflix5.
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