Captured in "candid polaroid pictures", the characters of Ravenhill's new play are a former social rebel who served time for murder for political reasons, his ex–girlfriend who made the usual way for many "from hippie to yuppie", a nightclub stripper who is regularly beaten by her boyfriend, a gay man dying of AIDS and a sex slave he bought. This is a play about the vicissitudes of love, which, "without knowing shame", can arise from any "bullshit".
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It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.