Wednesday, September 09, 2015
Quest
Today's film did not really get distributed.
I cannot understand why. Perhaps because it is about loneliness, or memory, or yearning, or that it is a film film. It depends on time to make itself felt. No instant gratification here.
It is sad that few people will get to see it.
It comes from Horace: "He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses a stream".
Theo goes to Switzerland to find out about his father, a suicide. He finds a recluse who knew the Dad well. Most of the movie is the story the hermit guy tells.
The film is full of mountains and rolling fog and beautiful meadows. Alpine beauty.
The actors are superb. It is a two man tour de force.
So many good films fall to the wayside. This is not a deep film but it has lots of feelings. Very well made. A 5 out of Netflix5 for me.
I might even watch it again tomorrow but probably not. Digestion is important.
Oh. The gay part. Solid and realistic and quite touching. All of it. It goes beyond sexuality into identity.
