A reclusive teacher's earnest quest for redemption unfolds with intimate melancholy, a bleak and measured journey.
A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on The Roku Channel (free).
No surprises for an R: moderate sex and nudity, and some violence.
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A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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