There's the rawness of a cold shower on a winter's morning to this docufiction hybrid from brothers David and Sasa Vajda, who spent a couple of years researching methadone clinics, needle exchanges and other places for addicts before bringing their project to life.
The resulting drama is set within the confines of a makeshift rehab centre run by a priest (Sascha Alexander Gersak) - the denomination is non-specific - who offers shelter, routine and sermons to an eclectic mix of addicts, trying to get their lives back on track. What he is offering is limited, especially in terms of emotional support, with the place little more than a roof over the heads of people who are also fighting mental health issues, although the directors treat this with a cool ambivalence - while it is by no means serving up the help they fully need, there's no doubt it's better than the.
The resulting drama is set within the confines of a makeshift rehab centre run by a priest (Sascha Alexander Gersak) - the denomination is non-specific - who offers shelter, routine and sermons to an eclectic mix of addicts, trying to get their lives back on track. What he is offering is limited, especially in terms of emotional support, with the place little more than a roof over the heads of people who are also fighting mental health issues, although the directors treat this with a cool ambivalence - while it is by no means serving up the help they fully need, there's no doubt it's better than the.
- 3/11/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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