With all of its good qualities; the honest acting, the pleasant real ambiance, this film climaxes regrettably with the violence unleashed which is built into the story, sadly enough, which sinks it, and it has nothing really to say. That's how life for these clam diggers is: Drugs, smoking, drinking, fighting, releasing their tensions through sex, which can't in itself make meaningful art.
The protagonist leaves at the end and so what? We feel nothing. I liked this film all the way until the fight, but you know...the violence was built into the script with the husband character. Screenwriter should have taken the story somewhere else more meaningful. Otherwise, an excellent film.
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