I cannot help but compare this to "Precious " made in the United States Both deal with young females from poor dysfunctional families , trying to find a better way The emotional and physical abuse displayed by the three generations of women were painful to watch, the absolute hate . just drove me to tears... The dog in the movie was tied up, mistreated and bore the brunt of everyone's frustrations. This is what made is so difficult for me to watch. I understand that the director of Precious made the decision not to show any type of animal cruelty because the American audience wouldn't tolerate it.
The poverty in Newfoundland was seen in every part of the movie, you couldn't escape it , just the way they couldn't seem to get out of their own way. The trailer for this movie did not reflect what a wonderful but painful movie this is
