SAFE PLACE is 24 hours in the life of a fragmenting family in the wake of one members attempted suicide.
Based on the director’s own life the film is a trip into the lives of a bunch of very real people. We are watching the moment following a terrible event and watching what happens as it all plays out. Since it is a film of the moment, there is no effort to go back and explain any of the back story. We are simply watching the characters as they live their lives. Back stories are not needed since they are living their lives.
A beautifully acted and made film I suspect that the film is going to want more details then we get. People want details on either side of the events in a film and SAFE PLACE doesn’t give them. That’s both a strength in that it makes it all real, and a weakness since there were a couple of times I wish I knew a bit more to have things connect to me emotionally.
Quibble aside this is worth a look for anyone wanting a heady lived in Drama
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