Some films stay with you. Some films teach. This film provided this familiar discomfort and disgust of an unvarnished indie with the cozy warmth of trustworthy acting. An actor like Andy Garcia can believably play the discouraged prison guard/family man turned vulnerable acting student. Shockingly acceptable. Some scenes /storylines belong in a poorly made 80's movie, but a few characters and scenes took me by surprise as classic dramatic irony brought everyone's secrets into the open. What's your great secret? Each character dealing alone with unconfessed sins while attempting to protect loved ones from the truth, lives in desperate pain and wears a mask: contented wife and mother, A+ college student, high school normal, acting mentor. Oxymorons. Emily Mortimer, Julianna Margulies, and newby Steven Strait (also seen shirtless in odd-duck flop 10,000 BC), beautifully and believably frame this narrative and provide perfect resolve. A favorite author, Flannery O'Connor, has written many City Islandesque scenarios, in which the stable family comes undone and the convict plays the Christ-figure. Well done. Writer/Director: Raymond De Felitta.
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