Quirky, drab, touching and depressing, all at the same time, this is the story of a father slowly dying, and his estranged children struggling to find their place in what unfolds. I’m not entirely sure of its quality objectively – I suspect it’s rather good, if you must know -, for it hit close to home for me on a personal level. Having been in a similar situation just recently, I found myself both relating to the characters’ confusion, and back in my own bewildered state at the same time. And when we left the theater, I heard an old gentleman tell his wife “that was really sad”, in a broken voice, which was both sweeter and sadder than anything within the movie, and that’s in spite of that Lenya song and the ending.
Something to say?