After a bad gambling bet, John Grant, a bonded teacher, is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.
A Conradian parable of a man succumbing to the wild, the film is remarkable for its raw, pointed dithe suggests, and you'll find the beast concealed behind the mask of propriety.
It presents a world in which refusing a pint has violent consequences, high spirits quickly curdle, and an unspoken homoerotic undertow gets ever more disturbing.