rolling in can appear beautiful or ominous, depending on the eye of the beholder.

What sets the film apart from the pack is the performance by Ciarán Hinds. He endows Michael with an understated dignity that both facilitates his duties as a single parent but also makes it impossible for him to move on as an individual. Some of the best and most painful scenes in the film take place between Michael and his children. The family is clearly united by love and shared loss, but Michael, like a man who has lost his better half, falls short in the nurturing department.

Hinds accomplishes all this with minimal dialogue and a quiet, naturalistic acting style that recalls his cinematic look-alike, the great Anthony Quinn. Interestingly, the character of Michael hasaccident was unwitnessed but before decedent died, he told various witnesses that he had lost control of the loader. Vincent H. Centers, the third-party defendant and decedent's employer, stated that when he arrived at the scene shortly after the accident, the road was slippery and there were tire marks leading from the road to the wheels of the loader. The vehicle was on the shoulder, tipped at an angle of about 45 degrees to the right and leaning against the telephone pole at the driver's seat. Decedent was pinned between the pole and the loader. The only damage to the vehicle was a bent arm *206 rest which apparently was damaged when the loader tipped into the pole.
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