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Bookmark this pageDomestic Violence (2001)
Director: Frederick Wiseman
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From Time Out Film Guide
Wiseman takes a typically lengthy, penetrating look at wife-battering and related matters, focusing on the work and inmates of The Spring, a shelter in Tampa, Florida. As ever, we get a sense of what the institution is trying to do and how, as well as a vivid portrait of the fear, courage, confusion, revenge, rage and complicity of individuals (victims, staff, cops and culprits). The final sequence, of two cops trying to calm down a couple seemingly bent on self/mutual destruction, is extraordinary, and the perfect summation to a fine film.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Frederick Wiseman
Producer: Frederick Wiseman
Genre(s): Documentaries
Duration: 196 mins
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