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Homeless people take over library to seek shelter, leading to standoff with police.
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An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.
"Movie that rides the wave of productions about civil disobedience and social tension, 'The Public' shows a microcosm of resistance. After all, the story focuses on a group of homeless people in Cincinnati, United States, who decide to take the library for themselves on a cold day. From there, director, actor and screenwriter Emilio Estevez (from the interesting 'The Way') begins to show details of the lives of those people in such a vulnerable situation and also how the police face the situation. Extremely current movie, which raises powerful discussions about humanity and resilience. However, it is worth saying: it is far from recent productions about social tensions like 'Les Miserables', 'The Hate You Give' or 'Bacurau'. Although it speaks of similar things and with very similar situations, Estevez gives a more subtle layer to the story, being able to please even those who are looking for just a simple drama and without many frills about real lives."