Manchester by the Sea, for which Casey Affleck won a Best Actor Golden Globe in early January, is a brutal film. Based in the seaside town of Manchester, Massachusetts, the film is set against a backdrop of overcast skies and incessant snow. More severely, it uncovers a tragedy from which redemption is impossible, leaving scope only for a cold, resigned acceptance.
Affleck plays Lee Chandler, a janitor in Boston who passes his days in a blur brought on the by the disaster that sits like a clot at the heart of the film. Memory plays tricks on him —
Affleck plays Lee Chandler, a janitor in Boston who passes his days in a blur brought on the by the disaster that sits like a clot at the heart of the film. Memory plays tricks on him —
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