地方で伐採業者をしている元受刑者の男性と、飲んだくれの父親から暴力を受けている少年。深い絆で結ばれていく二人が暴力の連鎖に追い込まれていく姿を描く人間ドラマ。第70回ヴェネチア国際映画祭でマルチェロ・マストロヤンニ賞など2部門を受賞。WOWOWの放送が日本初公開。 荒野と山に囲まれた地方の村。過去に何度も刑務所に入れられたジョーだが、今は伐採業者として順調な毎日を送っている。ある日、仕事を探しているという15歳の少年ゲリーと出会い、日給制で雇うことに。だが、ゲリーの家は貧しく、酒に酔うと暴力を振るう父親ウェイドに給料をことごとく奪われる。それを知ったジョーだが見て見ぬふりをする。一方、酒場でジョーに殴られたことを恨む男性ウィリーは、ジョーへの復讐に燃え……。
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It's a decent short drama but far from perfect and too many problems held it back. Although it was meant to be on a lighter tone and considering its short format, the drama was passing through a lot of social and workplace problems too quickly despite the drama establishing depth to some of the characters. It created some disconnect and cohesion problems along the way. A possible easy fix to the problem is having it turned into a full 12-16 episodes regular drama. The characters and their archetypes were well established and fit well in their respective roles. There was a lot of potentials to be had in the first place. Another victim to its shorter runtime was the last stretch of the story, in particular the last 2 episodes. It presented the final points of tension and jumped to the resolution very quickly and abruptly. Although it's a decent watch but at the end it was a wasted potentials.
