A truly masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (10 August 2017)

I don't write this too often, but this is a truly masterpiece. A way of a telling a story that kept me all the time in front of the screen. Friendship, love, betrayal, gangsters, murder: it all becomes one. I thought I wouldn't bear 3hs 49 minutes in one sitting, but I did, because the film attracts you to it, in an incredible way.
The story: so many sum it up, and better than I will ever do. But here it comes: a group of kids -jewish kids- live of thievery and con. But they also have a life: they try to get their first sexual experience, they try to survive in the street against the adults. I'd like to highlight specially the scene where Patsy eats the dessert instead of giving it to Penny: it reminded me that children sometimes remain that way until they have to grow. In this case, a yummy and sweet food was more likable to the kid, than a sexual experience.
The kids grow, they become men. Powerful men. But one of them will only be that way when he gets out from jail.
The men will finally lose everything, and the men will have to make a choice: life, or friends, what is it gonna be? The end is astonishing and left me thinking. If you can, don't miss it. 4 hours well spent.