Sorrow does not come merely from contemplating death, which forces us to look into Eternity, but also from life, which compels us to confront Time", wrote Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyayev. Renowned Lithuanian documentarist Audrius Stonys took these words as a motto for his latest film, a meditative visual essay which portrays old people undertaking all kinds of activities, meditation and group laughter therapy. Without a single word of commentary, he creates from sophisticated, aesthetic images a compelling study of human corporeality which, in an ideal union with spiritual equilibrium, can sustain us with the pledge that old age doesn't have to be a painful wait for the last breath.
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Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant
The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.
How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.
After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.