In a building site, a worker agonizes, after an accident, and tells his son about the virtues of honest work, but he's not heard. Turned into a vagabond and having mean people as company, the youth decides to get arrested in order to find a solace against winter.
Fragmentos da vida isn't exactly a Saturday night popcorn flick. If you’re into older, really stark dramas about choices and consequences, maybe give it a look. Folks expecting anything light or even mildly hopeful will probably want to skip this one entirely. It’s got a heavy, almost suffocating feeling to it. 🎬The s...
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"Fragmentos da vida isn't exactly a Saturday night popcorn flick. If you’re into older, really stark dramas about choices and consequences, maybe give it a look. Folks expecting anything light or even mildly hopeful will probably want to skip this one entirely. It’s got a heavy, almost suffocating feeling to it. 🎬The story follows a young man, barely more than a boy, whose father dies in a work accident. Right there, on the construction site, the dad tries to impart some wisdom about honest labo..."
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