This is a thinking person's film that deals with raw, fundamental questions we all face:
What happens when we die? What should I be doing now? Why do I feel so all alone? What should I do with my life?
The film's set in New York City and has a very New York City vibe. Although this film will appeal to all adults, there are only two people in this film over thirty: the protagonist's therapist and the local barfly (there for comedy relief).
The story is about Violet, product of a broken home, desperately lonely, trying to feel something (anything), and more than a little self-destructive. She lives with a gay, French punk rocker and a blonde, new age, militant fem. They live above a bar and Violet has a crush on the bartender. It's all very sophisticated in a way that speaks to any urban scene, but perhaps New York more than any other.
Violet contemplates the meaning of life, loneliness, and death while getting drunk, stoned, and laid. She's attempted suicide. She's in therapy. Her apartment's being sold and she and her merry post-modern group have to come up with $20K or leave. Then Violet starts having conversations with a young, dying woman at a hospice.
What's it all mean? See the movie. Highly recommended.
By the way, I saw this movie through the Camera Cinema Club in San Jose.
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