A recently deceased mother of two bickering sisters brings them, one of their boyfriends and his friend to their grandmothers house. They intermittently look for elusive inheritance money. Early on a power outage unravels their expectations for the night and they are forced to confront some underlying truths
Death is a way to re-evaluate long-held, deeply-seated beliefs not just about sex, marriage and spirituality but also the sex of a cow and two siblings who have gone in divergent paths in life. The acerbic and ascetic character of Alex tries to unhinge and poke through the formalities of such an occasion with biting wit and sass that point to a vastly different upbringing than that of her sister who seems to be the one who needs the most unhinging reality check as the 'perfect' daughter.
Jeff and Bruce seem to get caught in the middle of this family drama but they counteract the more weighty cerebral parts of the film. Jeff injects bits of organic humor with his fun-loving personality while Bruce is the innocent, faithful boyfriend.
Are they all fighting nirvana in their search for hidden money? Are their grandmother's spirit still lingering when the outage and strange noises occur? We all fight Nirvana every single day of our lives. Maybe by inquiring into the nature of death it can help us solve the nature of desire and how it entraps the human soul into thinking it is separate from everything that is when everything we desire we already have and everything we want to be we already are.
With adequate and compelling back-story, a deft handling of dialog and balance of characters, suspenseful pacing and intelligent editing this film addresses aspects of the human condition in subtle, thought-provoking ways.
Death is a way to re-evaluate long-held, deeply-seated beliefs not just about sex, marriage and spirituality but also the sex of a cow and two siblings who have gone in divergent paths in life. The acerbic and ascetic character of Alex tries to unhinge and poke through the formalities of such an occasion with biting wit and sass that point to a vastly different upbringing than that of her sister who seems to be the one who needs the most unhinging reality check as the 'perfect' daughter.
Jeff and Bruce seem to get caught in the middle of this family drama but they counteract the more weighty cerebral parts of the film. Jeff injects bits of organic humor with his fun-loving personality while Bruce is the innocent, faithful boyfriend.
Are they all fighting nirvana in their search for hidden money? Are their grandmother's spirit still lingering when the outage and strange noises occur? We all fight Nirvana every single day of our lives. Maybe by inquiring into the nature of death it can help us solve the nature of desire and how it entraps the human soul into thinking it is separate from everything that is when everything we desire we already have and everything we want to be we already are.
With adequate and compelling back-story, a deft handling of dialog and balance of characters, suspenseful pacing and intelligent editing this film addresses aspects of the human condition in subtle, thought-provoking ways.