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Balm in Gilead

Centers around a cafe frequented by heroin addicts, prostitutes (both male and female) and thieves. It features many unconventional theatrical devices, such as overlapping dialogue, simultaneous scenes and largely unsympathetic lead characters. The plot draws a parallel between the amoral, often criminal activity that the cafe’s denizens engage in to provide temporary relief from their boredom and suffering, and the two main characters’ becoming a couple in order to escape from their lives.

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