LIGHT MY FIRE | Omeleto

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A father seeks revenge. It's the Fourth of July, but Miles is in anything but a celebratory mood. He's just found out that his daughter has been abused, and he's looking to retaliate against her boyfriend. Tearing out of his driveway, he speeds through their middle-class Southern town to confront the abuser. But the confrontation takes a turn in a way that he doesn't expect -- one that reveals his helplessness as a parent and the limits of violence and domination. Writer-director Bobb Barito's pared-down, tense drama begins with an explosive fit of emotion, with the father raring with a primal vengeance in the name of his daughter's violation. Right away, the film feels like it's dropped the audience right into a climax, complete with high emotion and rapid-fire visuals to match. Taking its cues from the main character, the camerawork and editing are equally volatile and agitated, building momentum towards what seems like an inevitably heroic confrontation. But the storytelling makes an interesting decision to play out the confrontation between father and his daughter's attacker in an unexpected way -- one that reveals the ethos of aggression and violent retribution that pervades the community. Miles does get the justice he desires and his abuser does pay for what he has done, but not in the way that's expected. Actor Ed Moran deftly captures the way Miles deflates in the wake of the incident, where he's rendered strangely ineffectual and helpless despite everything. Th

Published 2019-08-13 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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