A misguided blasphemy of "Bicycle Thief," downloaded through film-noir affectations, this Competition Entrant is morally specious and narratively nonsensical. In this ridiculously implausible scenario, over-educated househusband Patrick (Eric Caravaca) is too proud to allow his working wife to accept a new scooter from her father because he feels his manhood threatened. [...]'s a newcomer, yup, a silent stranger just out of prison for armed robbery.

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