A dejected man (excellently played by Wallace Dorian) come to terms with the fact that he's going to spend the rest of his life rotting away in a jail cell. The man attempts suicide and tries to cling on to better and brighter memories of the building he grew up in as a boy by making sculptures out of soap. Writer/director Matthew Kalish crafts an effectively stark and unsentimental portrait of human despair and resilience that achieves a substantial amount of poignancy through the simple telling of a sad and compelling story. Taking place largely on a single grimy and claustrophobic set, this movie manages to overcome its bleakness and conclude on a surprisingly uplifting note. Moreover, this picture has an interesting message about how what happens with your time in prison really doesn't matter; it's how to choose to deal with said time which defines your character. Isaac Klotz's beautiful cinematography and Kalish's spare and moody piano-driven score further enhance the overall strong and impressive quality of this moving ode to the triumph of the human spirit.
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