The Other Side

The Other Side

2015 · 92 min · EN · 6.7 (33 votes)
Dir. Roberto Minervini · Starring Mark Kelley, Lisa Allen, James Lee Miller, Chase Anderson · Music Bertrand Défossé
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In an invisible territory at the margins of society, at the border between anarchy and illegality, lives a wounded community that is trying to respond to a threat: of being forgotten by political institutions and having their rights as citizens trampled. Disarmed veterans, taciturn adolescents, drug addicts trying to escape addiction through love, ex-special forces soldiers still at war with the world, floundering young women and future mothers, and old people who have not lost their desire to live. Through this hidden pocket of humanity, the door opens to the abyss of today's America.

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This film feels like a stark, unflinching look into the lives of those society has left behind. It's a somber yet empathetic journey, highlighting resilience in the face of neglect and the quiet struggles for dignity.

grittysomberempatheticrawsteadydocumentary realismobservationalsocial issuemarginalizationresilienceforgotten communitiessocial commentary
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