Maloin leads a simple life without prospects at the edge of the infinite sea; he barely notices the world around him, has already accepted the slow and inevitable deterioration of life and his all but complete loneliness. When he becomes a witness to a murder, his life takes a sudden turn. He comes face to face with issues of morality, sin, punishment, and the line between innocence and complicity in a crime. This state of scepsis leads him to the ontological question of the meaning and worth of existence. The film is about desire, man’s indestructible longing for a life of freedom and happiness, about illusions never to be realized—about things that give all of us energy to continue living, to go to sleep, and to get up day after day. Maloin’s story is ours—all of those who doubt and are able to question our humdrum existence.
Directed by Bela Tarr, 2007.
Introduced by Ted Barron, senior associate director at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at the University of Notre Dame.
Not Rated, 139 minutes
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