A silent wanderer slowly pieces together his past, confronting the intimate, bleak memories of a broken family.
Melancholy. A full-attention watch that takes its time. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Max, Plex (free) and Tubi (free).
No surprises for an R: moderate sex and nudity, and no real violence.
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A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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