About halfway through “Urchin,” Mike (Frank Dillane) comes face to face with a man he once assaulted and robbed.
It’s a purposeful meeting, part of Mike’s recovery and rehabilitation (he’s an addict, but about seven months sober at this point). The meeting is meant to give both Mike and Simon (Okezie Morro) a chance to hash this out. Simon starts, detailing his feelings in a blunt, yet remarkably sensitive manner that doesn’t do anything to make Mike feel any better. In fact, Simon’s civility seems to just make Mike feel worse.
As Simon talks, the camera lingers on Mike, who gets increasingly uncomfortable until he finally starts to cry. Then, before he can say anything, the film abruptly cuts to the next scene, leaving us in that lurch right before we reach catharsis, refusing to revel in Mike’s despair.
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