Name that soul-crushingly sad indie flick
March 11, 2009 9:05 PM Subscribe
I'm attempting to track down the title of a film I saw years ago on the IFC that ended with a botched suicide/murder attempt by a troubled adolescent girl...
If I recall, the movie may very well have been in black and white, but in any case, it was the very poignant, dark ending that stood out most for me and that I hope might spark a mefite's memory. I only have the vaguest recollection of events leading up to the movie's finale, but I seem to recall that the girl was out looking for work and temporarily landed a job in either a fastfood or newspaper stand (?).
Anyhow, the last scene takes place inside a trailer where her mother/female caretaker is lying passed out and the girl is making plans to kill them both by filling the room up with gas. She soon discovers however that more gas is needed so she leaves in order to obtain a gas tank from a man nearby. As she's dragging this tank behind her determinedly (and all the while, maintaining a blank face), a young teenaged boy who she had befriended earlier in the film comes biking up to her and begins circling around her incessantly. He doesn't say anything, and she, likewise, keeps silent while struggling to move onwards back to the trailer. Except...something finally gives. She stops and he stops, and she begins to cry. Finis.
Might anyone be able to tell me the name of the movie? If so, thanks in advance.
If I recall, the movie may very well have been in black and white, but in any case, it was the very poignant, dark ending that stood out most for me and that I hope might spark a mefite's memory. I only have the vaguest recollection of events leading up to the movie's finale, but I seem to recall that the girl was out looking for work and temporarily landed a job in either a fastfood or newspaper stand (?).
Anyhow, the last scene takes place inside a trailer where her mother/female caretaker is lying passed out and the girl is making plans to kill them both by filling the room up with gas. She soon discovers however that more gas is needed so she leaves in order to obtain a gas tank from a man nearby. As she's dragging this tank behind her determinedly (and all the while, maintaining a blank face), a young teenaged boy who she had befriended earlier in the film comes biking up to her and begins circling around her incessantly. He doesn't say anything, and she, likewise, keeps silent while struggling to move onwards back to the trailer. Except...something finally gives. She stops and he stops, and she begins to cry. Finis.
Might anyone be able to tell me the name of the movie? If so, thanks in advance.
Response by poster: and i have my answer within 2 minutes. awesome.
posted by afabulousbeing at 9:35 PM on March 11, 2009
posted by afabulousbeing at 9:35 PM on March 11, 2009
And if you like that film, check out the others by the Dardenne brothers. They're contemporary masters of that style of filmmaking.
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 10:10 PM on March 11, 2009
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 10:10 PM on March 11, 2009
Yeah, what You Should See the Other Guy said. The Dardenne's L'Enfant is another astonishingly excellent small film.
posted by mediareport at 7:14 PM on March 12, 2009
posted by mediareport at 7:14 PM on March 12, 2009
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posted by subtle-t at 9:07 PM on March 11, 2009