‘To live you have to die a little.’
Life is jigsaw puzzle of unwanted
situations, unsettling truths but at the same time it’s a journey of struggle
to shape that jigsaw pieces in a correct order to find the higher truth. Not
all tragedy ends with such a sublime and life affirming note and it’s not a
tragedy about war, holocaust or any collective collateral. It’s personal daily
tragedy of any family where they accidentally lost the youngest member.Here’s a
simple film without any larger than life canvas and though it portrays a trauma,
it manages to convey a positive note with a sublime surprise.
Giovanni is a psychotherapist
with a family of wife and a young son and daughter. He encounters with
different patients confessing their trivial and mundane affairs of minds and
watching closely one may feel how the struggle of inner mind is related to
anybody in higher or lower order. There are many scenes with irony and humor
where patients’ confessions one or other way become confessions of the therapist.
There’s fine bonding between the family members which breaks with a sudden
accidental death of son while scuba diving. The loss brought feelings of guilt
and cynicism towards life but a surprise came in form of letter addressed to
his son. This leads them towards a life affirming journey without any preaching moral or so. The
most touching parts of Nanni Moretti’s this acted-directed film are its natural
performances, life-like characters and evocative background score. It may not
be the best of Italian cinema but surely a worth watching film for all those
who love to explore the ordinary and yet oblique side of life. The film manages
to won Palme d’Or honour at Cannes
in 2001.
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