Québécois 🇨🇦🇵🇹film enthusiast that likes pretty much everything, but prefers horror.
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Y Tu Mamá También 2001
Nice little flick that reminds us of the ephemeral nature of life…and friendships.
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American Beauty 1999
« Never underestimate the power of denial »
This is truly a beautiful movie!
It takes a critical view on individual agency in social structure, and sub-structures. Basically, it argues that the more an individual commits to social norms, mores and categories, the more artificial it becomes. Then, it becomes so divergent from its personality, wishes and kinks that it starts acting always as expected, ultimately feeling « sedated » by the norms, or image societal roles assign them.
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Nostalgia 1983
Oh boy, its a Tarkovsky, right? So it certainly is very philosophical and poetic.
Basically, it touches the feel of nostalgia of one’s country or origins, when we are abroad or when we simply don’t relate to it anymore.
I believe that the two main themes of this film are culture and faith.
The first is seen with the prism of cosmopolitanism, referring often to world cultures or praising multiple cultures. We get the presence of Chinese music, along with…
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Perfect Days 2023
This is such a feel good movie! The rhythm of it as we follow the main character in his daily routine has something very meditative.
He is somewhat special in the modern world, being amazed by simple things, like nature in the middle of the megalopolis and reading. He never lays his eyes on a screen and feels everything firsthand. He knows how to simply shut up and be aware of what surrounds him.
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