The movie is set in small town of Rosales in Puerto Rico. The town seems suspended in time where the homes are weather worn and the sky is perpetually gray. Ana is the young daughter of Dr Michael Puttnam, a cancer research scientist in Rosales, PR in 1965. Dr. Puttnam made breakthroughs with radiation as an effective treatment and cure for cancer in children. Ana comes to the time battered town to turn the old Puttnam cancer research facility in a museum to honor her father and his accomplishments. She invites the citizens of Rosales to a dinner party announcing the opening of the museum. The citizens include a handful of elderly, who seem to be the only inhabitants of Rosales. From the beginning we get a sense of loss and heartache that resonates from all the citizens especially a blind old woman who is against Ana and the museum from the start. This movie is about the choices that they made, the actions and consequences of these choices and lifelong regrets. What appeared to be salvation for many became hell on earth for others. Through flashbacks and the eventual shocking realizations of Ana and the inhabitants, we then begin to realize that what happened in Rosales was nothing to be honored or celebrated. Great acting and haunting music make this a movie you'll want to see more than once. I loved this movie.
Review of The Condemned
