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Admittedly, I did not register this as a comedy until 40 minutes in at which point after realizing this everything the film was doing became crystalized and threatened to break the film in two. The mood piece about alienation as an immigrant worker is nearly overtaken by a dead pan humor that is somehow too arch and too subdued, best exemplified by <PERSON> performance that threatens into becoming a caricature every time the film returns to him. 132
Fortunately, the film finds it's footing again at it's closing with <PERSON> mechanic. Very much of a piece with <PERSON>'s Fallen Leaves as a film that perfectly captures the feeling of living in current moment even if it isn't as fully realized as <PERSON>'s film. I imagine this plays better in a theater with an attentive crowd. 529