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Chop Shop
Why this pick
Bahrani's similarly unvarnished, compassionate New York drama finds dignity and quiet resilience in people living close to the edge, with an intimate observational style akin to Goodbye Solo.
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MOVIE2008 1h 31m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Goodbye Solo
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Solo, a Senegalese cab driver, is working to provide a better life for his young family in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. William, an old man with a lifetime of regrets, hires Solo to take him to Blowing Rock (land feature), a peak in which updrafts cause objects that are dropped from it to fly upwards. William does not ask for a ride back from the rock and is obviously major depressive disorder, so Solo assumes that the old man intends to commit suicide there. Solo befriends William, in hopes of talking him out of ending his life. He introduces William to his wife and his stepdaughter Alex, hoping to inspire the old man with the joys of life.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Red West
William