First Winter

When winter begins, life is serene for a group of new-age Brooklynites living in a remote country farmhouse. Sex, drugs, yoga, and organic cooking absorb their days, safely tucked away from the stresses of urban life. But when a blackout of apocalyptic proportions strands them with no heat and no electricity during the coldest winter on record, their utopian commune is breached by anxiety and their idyllic harmony begins to lose its tune. As time wears on and the food supply dwindles, power struggles, jealousy, and desire threaten the group's ability to work together in order to survive.

My take

A quietly devastating portrait of a family fracturing under the weight of loss and unspoken grief. This intimate drama captures the raw, messy aftermath of death through the eyes of those left behind, with a contemplative tenderness that lingers long after the credits roll.

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