It's all too rare when you can feel the ensemble effect in a film from the top down, but that's the case here. I watched it on a desktop and hope to see it in a theater. It's a very special film, with a compelling cast and script, that keeps pace all the way to the end. It's a story of friendship in an impossible situation with all the complexity of the time period and it's just as relevant today. I'm a tough sell, but I choked up more than once especially at the end when it became full waterworks. I'm so happy I watched this as part of a film festival and hope it's part of many more. I understand the budget was 2M and it's impossible to tell. There are some really first class film nerd influences that are all too rare now that everything looks the same.