Sunday, January 17, 2010
DANCE OF LIFE
Today's film was
I am not sure where I found out about this film. Maybe it was just released here.
It is quite wonderful.
Three generations resolve identity and how to live with it. The subject is Judaism but it could be any issue that touches and integrates with the self. Or not.
Sometimes we resist our identity or the one that we have chosen.
But, not too serious here. It is also a great story about some really good people or people trying to be good.
A family whose matriarch has just died. She invented the family tradition of dancing the tango when you are unhappy. Or happy. Or have the time. At crucial points, everyone in this film tangoes.
The elder uncle is the star. Natan Cogan. A great iconic older man.
I enjoyed it very much. There is one of everything here spanning from the orthodox of pre-WWII family to present day connections with the Arab world. You learn the family history through the eyes of the younger members who have not been told the whole thing. Or, perhaps, were even lied to. White lies.
I enjoyed it very much. Laughs. Tears. What else could one ask for?
I will give it a 3 out of Netflix5.
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