Reflections in the Dust

“I don’t believe in love because I’ve never seen it” responds a young woman to an unseen interviewer in the first few minutes of the movie. This bleak portrait of loneliness and social exclusion is set on the edge of a desolate swamp where an aging clown and his daughter are struggling to survive. The location could be the end of the world a place where hope has vanished along with a belief in the afterlife and the existence of God. The two unfortunates live together without the likelihood of change as fear aggression and anger take hold of them – but they also experience sudden moments of tenderness.