Eastern

This is a weird and unnecessarily confusing film, but an interesting and well produced one. The name is obviously a reference to Western genre, with its recurrent vendettas. However, the story is held in Eastern Europe, precisely in an upper middle class neighborhood Poland. The story takes place in an alternative present or in a near future, when weapons are as easy to buy as, let me say, the United States, and when family feuds are legalized and contractually established, and only blood money may interrupt the revenge killing circle. As Poland is actually in a very conservative and militaristic wave, the movie is particularly interesting due that political background. However, the odd naturalizing behavior of all characters (not a problem of acting, as they did a good job) makes all those situations not credible and, then, not very moving (the opposite, for instance, of Brazilian film on blood feud "Behind the Sun / Abril Despedaçado", which I strongly recommend). The end of "Eastern" is perfect, anyway.