at your video store and you might find this gem . the human condition in modern time la . no exaggerated drama and just a collapsing of event that might happen to any group of individual over time . help you understand the joy and desperation of urban life . the direction and cut be top class . cinematography and music very much follow the mood and situation . and the cast . excellent casting and excellent acting . no one out of place or out of character . and it not really as much a downer a you would expect . i give it positive . if you havent see it and do .