Coldwater

Considering the recently disclosed history of abuse at Florida’s Dozier School for boys, Coldwater’s fiction seems terrifyingly real. Young Brad is a smalltime drug dealer growing increasingly fed-up with the inevitable path of his short life. After a tragic accident, his mother places him in private rehab center in the Colorado backwoods. Coldwater turns out to be a hell that squeezes remnants of humanity from its captive teen patients. Grashaw's film differs from the dozens of movies with a similar plot – here, chance and stupidity churn the merciless spiral of violence. Even the charismatic Colonel Reichert who runs the place, is more pitiful than he is fascist. A shocking spectacle of humiliation and primal aggression plays out among the sun-soaked Colorado fields.