Mado
DramaRomance
A middle-aged businessman faces bankruptcy after his partner's suicide and a rival's unscrupulous offer to buy his company. Determined to avoid the trap, he finds an unexpected solution through a prostitute.
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A bleak, character-driven drama about a man drowning in debt and moral compromise. It feels like a smoky, late-night confession, full of desperate choices and the gritty realities of survival in a world that offers no easy answers.
melancholictensegrittycynicalsteadycharacter-driven dramaseventies cinemaneo-realismdesperationmoralitysurvivalmidlife crisis
midlife crisis
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