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Today I'll show you a dark-fantasy film: "Patch Town"
Spoilers ahead, watch out and take care
The film begins with an endorsement video of Patch Enterprise, the Canadian leading toy factory
Patch Enterprise is known for its organic yet high-quality,
low-price products that children genuinely adore
The scene then changes to Jon, one of Patch Enterprise's overweight factory workers
Along with other factory workers, Jon removes living babies from magical cabbages,
grown on the factory's grounds
After the working hours, the workers go through security, to check if they have taken any cabbage
During the checking, Jon witnesses how his co-worker gets beaten up by the factory owner,
Yuri's guards, for the co-worker was caught stealing one of the cabbages
After beating him up, Yuri's men take him away
Jon goes home to Patch Town, a workers' village outside the factory
Guilt is written on Jon's face,
as he shares with his wife that he did nothing while his co-worker was getting beat up
The wife consoles her husband with her muscles,
as not meddling is the right thing to do in the situation
They then take out their child from the floor
Jon looks lovingly at his daughter, and sings a French lullaby to her,
called "Mon Petit Chou," which means "My Darling"
Later that night, Jon goes to Miles' brothel,
and pays him as he is the one who sold the daughter to them
Miles talks to him; and Jon shares that he has been dreaming about a little girl picking him up,
and telling him that she loves him
Miles takes a file from his cabinet, and shows it to Jon
It has a picture of the little girl, and what she looks like now
Her name is Bethany, she has a daughter named Avery, and she is also Jon's human "mother"
Miles explains that the land where the factory now sits, was owned by a Russian toy inventor
One night, the toy inventor hears babies crying, coming from deep in the forest
the toy inventor goes to the forest, and searches for the crying babies, as he is a father himself
he finds dozens of magical cabbages on the ground, where the babies are "hatching"
his wife died years ago from childbirth;
and when he discovered the babies near his place, he thought of it as a way of making amends
He brings them home, and happily shares his discovery with his son, Yuri
However, Yuri does not want any brother or sister,
because he wants all of his father's love all to himself
the toy inventor soon realizes that he cannot take care of all of them;
so as a talented toy inventor, he discovers a way to keep them all
He invents the machine that freezes the babies, but still keeps them alive
In that way, he turns them into dolls
This continues for years; and as Yuri gets older, his dislike for his father increases
Shame and embarrassment fill Yuri, as the people think of them as child kidnappers
He does not want to have cabbage babies in their homes anymore
But his father insists that the babies are his siblings, which infuriates Yuri
To prove that they are not his siblings, Yuri harshly breaks a doll in front of his father
the toy inventor quickly stops his son; but his old age and illness strike him
Before dying, he passes the responsibility to his son,
hoping that he will continue what he has created
Yuri indeed continues his father's legacy; only now does he freeze the babies, and sell the dolls
He builds a factory to widen their market
Yuri kidnaps the forgotten dolls from their homes,
and exploits them as factory workers when the business grows
It took a while before Yuri perfected his father's creation; and Miles was his first prototype
The workers do not remember anything, because Yuri wipes all their memories;
so they can serve him obediently
Yuri let them believe that what they have is what life all offers
Miles informs Jon about a shipment that night,
and gives him a card he should read aloud to the driver
It is their chance to get out of Patch Town
However, they should be careful,
as life out there in the outside world is much worse than in Patch Town
Jon comes home, and tells his wife that they are leaving tonight
Shortly after, they hear a vehicle arriving; so the two look through their window
They witness how Yuri takes away a baby from a couple,
and mercilessly throws it in the trash, as it is a Patch property
Yuri's dwarf henchman reads the Patch Enterprise Work of Code loudly
It dictates that any worker caught stealing Patch Enterprise property,
will be punished and have "re-education"
As they prepare to leave, Yuri hears Jon's daughter crying
Jon and his wife quickly leave their place, before Yuri catches them
They run to the south side of Patch Town,
where they meet a transfer truck driver, who was also an Indian doll dressed like a hippie
Meanwhile, Yuri takes Miles and his Polish girlfriend,
and re-educated them as punishment for denying that they know Jon
They refuse to tell him where Jon is; so Yuri sends them for re-education
Left alone in Miles's office, Yuri discovers that Jon escapes town to find his mother
During the long drive, Jon shares with the truck driver his plan to find his mother,
who warns him not to forgo it
the truck driver gives Jon candies that affect him like a drug to cheer him up, making him all high
After discovering a photograph of Bethany,
Yuri wants to make Bethany be his wife, and build a family with her
He plans to use Avery as a prototype, when they make dolls for teenagers
Yuri becomes sentimental, and shares that he feels lonely,
and wishes for someone to share his power with
The henchman affectionately offers to be that person; but Yuri shoves him away
After that, Yuri watches as Miles and his girlfriend get re-educated,
which is a traditional yet brutal way of erasing memories through electroshock therapy
After hours of driving, they arrive in Toronto,
where the truck driver brings them to a rundown public housing project,
which had been a recent crime scene
Despite the filthiness of the place, Jon and his wife have no choice but to accept it
The following day, the truck driver gives them groceries,
and takes Jon to his new job, a Santa Claus
Meanwhile, the henchman sneaks into Bethany's house, and attempts to kidnap Avery
However, she knows karate, so Avery puts up a fight, and engages in a struggle with the henchman
However, the henchman still wins; and he takes Avery to Patch Town
Later that day, while working as a Santa Claus in a mall,
Jon witnesses Bethany devastated and crying on the news,
begging for the kidnapper to return Avery to her
Among the crowd,
a gay couple informs Jon and the truck driver that Bethany lives on the same street as they do
They give them directions to Bethany's house
After working, Jon rushes home, and rambles about Bethany
He tells his wife about what Miles said,
about how they were turned into toys, and sold to little girls
Jon cannot contain his excitement
but the wife firmly tells him that they are not going near Bethany
She argues that they are his home
but Jon knows they are not enough
There is still a void in his heart; and he needs to meet Bethany to fill it
So he leaves their filthy house; and his devastated wife cries
Concurrently, Avery arrives at Patch Town, where Yuri welcomes her
the henchman explains to Yuri that he did not have time to get Bethany too,
as he did not know that Avery would put up a fight with him
Avery cries for her mom;
and Yuri replies that he wants her too, before commanding his men to lock her up
On the other hand, the truck driver repeatedly warns Jon not to go to Bethany's house,
and meddles with the police investigation
However, Jon is hard-headed, and still knocks on the door
Seeing his attire, Bethany dismisses him
However, Jon's eyes water, as he tells Bethany they know each other
He tells her childhood memories, even mentioning her mother and brother
Bethany opens the door widely, revealing two cops, who have been listening to their conversation
The police arrest Jon and the truck driver, because of Jon's innocent yet dumb move
the truck driver hysterically tells them about the Patch Enterprise,
and denies any involvement with Avery's disappearance in the interrogation room
As they got no helpful information from the truck driver, the police and Bethany go to Jon
Bethany calmly talks to Jon, and pleads with him about where Avery is
Jon replies that he genuinely has no idea where she is;
and he explains they know each other, because he was her doll
Jon adds the information about Patch Enterprise
but Bethany does not believe it
She thinks of him as a psychotic pedophile, who abducted her daughter
They leave the interrogation room, and go to the other side of the mirror,
where Bethany discovers the truth
She hears Jon singing "Mon Petit Chou,"
the song she used to sing to him when she was a child, and he was a doll
Although it is impossible to believe everything, Bethany realizes that Jon is her doll
the truck driver and Jon are taken to a prison cell,
while the police convince Bethany to go home, and let them do the work
They inform her that they have to release Jon and the truck driver,
as there is really no substantial evidence that will prove they are the kidnappers
Later that day, after their release,
the truck driver frustratingly tells Jon that he will not help them anymore
Jon has caused trouble with just a few days of being out in the real world
However, he breaks his word when Bethany shows up, and offers them a ride
Bethany shows him a sketch of the henchman, drawn by the police
The neighbors told the authorities that they saw the henchman lurking out,
the night Avery went missing
Jon pleads with Bethany to trust him, because he will explain everything on their way to Patch Town
After discovering the truth, Bethany agrees
But first, they make a stop, as Jon needs his wife and daughter to come with him
He and the truck driver go to the flat, leaving Bethany downstairs waiting for them
After patching things up with his wife, they go downstairs,
only to discover that Bethany has been kidnapped by Yuri's henchman
As it is a suicide mission to return to Patch Town,
the truck driver calls for reinforcement; the rest of the Santa Clauses
They break into the factory, and knock out the guards
Jon sees Miles and his beaten-up co-worker in the factory; so he quietly shouts at them
However, as they turn around and give him a blank face,
Jon realizes that his friends have been re-educated
So they go to a room, filled with live footage of the factory
Jon asks his wife to talk to the workers, in hopes of waking up the human in them;
while he and the truck driver go to Avery
The wife successfully wakes up the workers from their nightmare, with her fantastic voice
This causes an alarm; but Yuri does not know it yet, as he is busy
Meanwhile, Bethany arrives at Yuri's office,
where she has to have dinner with him to get her daughter back
Yuri tells Bethany that he plans to freeze Avery, make a mold out of her,
and sell her plastic copies as he eats
As expected, Bethany disagrees with his plan
but then, she stalls Yuri, upon seeing Jon and others breaking into the factory
She pretends to agree with his plans, tells him that she loves him, and seduces him
However, the henchman arrives shortly after and interrupts their "date",
to inform Yuri about the revolt in their factory
Yuri immediately lets go of Bethany, as he sees the revolt from the cameras
As he realizes that she used him, Yuri furiously orders his henchman to bring Avery to him;
so he can freeze her, and turn her into a doll forever
Jon and the truck driver look for Avery;
and he finds her in Yuri's chambers, tied to the conversion machine
As the henchman prepares to attack Jon, the Santa Clauses and Miles appear behind Jon's back
The henchman immediately hides like a coward; so Yuri has no choice but to face them himself
Yuri says that he does not want to hurt Avery; he just wants a family of his own
Jon replies that he cannot have a family,
if he continues to instill fear, and force his power on the people around him
This breaks down Yuri, who becomes an emotional wreck
In order to stop his evilness, they re-educate him
Everyone celebrates, as they are now free; and Jon offers Bethany to live with them in Patch Town
However, she has a family on her own, living in Toronto
Bethany tells Jon how proud she is of him, for putting a stop to Yuri's evil craziness
She hugs him tight, and says she hopes to meet him again one day
Jon gets to his wife and daughter; while Bethany takes the truck driver with them as their driver
As they leave the factory, Yuri is still being re-educated, singing "Mon Petit Chou"
The film ends with the henchman getting the job as an elf after flirting with the clerk,
who is also a little person
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