A theater director's life unravels into a surreal, melancholy drama as he builds a life-size replica of New York.
Bleak and cerebral. A full-attention watch that takes its time. Emotionally it is devastating.
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Moderate sex and nudity, and no real violence, about what an R should carry.
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A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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