Blue Car (2003)

An English teacher provides stability and encouragement for his talented but troubled young student. Marvelous work here (especially by the incredible Strathairn). The story is just so tangible…all of it real, even the sister who is going mad felt inevitable -- though I would have liked to have seen the story without the extra burden of her tragedy...it divided focus a bit too much for me.

The weird thing is that I noticed that this film shares three big elements with "Limbo" -- a self-mutilator, an empty book, and David Strathairn! Weird, to say the least.

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