The Breaking Glass Pictures November 7, 2017 DVD of the 2017 drama "Inheritance" provides a chance to watch a tale of estranged adult siblings with the standard Breaking edge in time for family holiday gatherings. The film having a strong live-stage vibe enhances the sense of reel life reflecting real life.
The following YouTube clip of the theatrical trailer for "Inheritance" offers a glimpse of the beautiful scenery and the intense emotions that make this one special.
The entertaining darkness begins when woman-with-issues Mara (writer-director Jessica Kaye) learns while preparing to celebrate the 70th birthday of her father John at his home in Belize that he recently died. This first sends Mara and fairly new boyfriend/recovering alcoholic Aaron to the home of the native woman Grace, whose role of surrogate mother dates back to he jungle fever of John prompting him to move a young Mara and her little brother Ben to Belize decades before soon after the death of his wife.
After Grace convinces Mara to do right by John, Mara and Aaron go to stay in the childhood home of Mara. The first sign that Mara and Ben are far from Donny and Marie comes when Ben blatantly walks in on our happy couple the next morning as they are having sex.
The next indication of the strife between the siblings is learning that Mara never told Ben about the death of their father, and that Ben picks up this news from a third party. The sad part is that real-life precedence exists for this callousness of Mara.
The next intrusion follows as Ben crashes a swimming party of Mara and Aaron; little brother follows this up by actively trying to make Aaron uncomfortable.
The next 24 hours see Mara fell even more apart, family tensions increase, and deep dark secrets see the light of day; Kaye and writing-directing partner Laura E. Davis save the best for last in revealing every diseased root of the family tree.
This "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" drama is on top of the perverse entertainment value of the Seinfeldian situation regarding Aaron accompanying his girlfriend of a few months on a meet-the-parents vacation only to find himself facing the death of dad and the dredging up of twenty years of angst and resentment.
Breaking provides the encore in the form of its typically special bonus features; a behind-the-scenes reel shows the actors gleefully breaking character and learning the Creole terms for naughty bits; the deleted scenes include a very good sequence involving a hostile reception that one must wonder why it is not in this 75 minute film.
Anyone with questions or comments regarding "Inheritance" (or highly toxic relationships with siblings) is encouraged either to email me or to connect on Twitter.
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