2006 · drama
Bog of Beasts
Directed by Cláudio Assis1h 20m2006
A man falls in love with a teenage girl, who is exploited by her own grandfather, who sometimes takes her to a gas station to show her naked to whomever pays him some money.
Our read: Bog of Beasts (2006) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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