Aprender a soltar

Sometimes you come across a movie that just plucks a chord in your life, In your heart, in your soul.

I found this by chance and had no idea what it was about or what to expect. It moved me deeply and not only had phenomenal acting but was made extremely well.

The emotions, the life lessons, the music. It was so real and for a moment felt like it was my own family and I was watching my life go by.

It's so easy to get stuck in the monotonous habits of day to day life. To see the forest for the trees can sometimes feel impossible.

This movie is provoking, inspiring, emotional and evokes thoughts and questions that some of us might have put aside or buried for some time.

I rarely write reviews for movies here, but I had to.

Absolutely beautiful.

If you like character driven films this is perfect for you. You see the camera close in on the husband or wife's face and you know what they're thinking. This is a truly natural film about the problems of living with someone you love(d) amidst the stresses and repetitive strains on daily life. Throw indulged and petulant children into the mix, expecting to have their many needs met whatever the cost on their parents' time or patience, then you see the perfect unravelling of a couple and watch their interaction with each other develop.

The actress playing the wife is the most incredibly talented person. She also directed and wrote the film and gives a dazzling performance. This is a beautiful film. 10/10.

I have no idea why this was recommended to me but it feels like the universe knew I needed to see this.

The writing is so real and extremely relatable to me.

I don't want to give anything away. It's a movie that doesn't too much and hits all the right notes. But most importantly, it's just captures so much about marriage, parenthood, growing up, relationships.

A small gem. A little triumph.

Also loved finding out that the lead actress who is amazing in very subtle scene is also the writer and director. It feels like she must have pulled from very real life experiences.

Add this to your queue and make sure to watch it.

But so much more. I prefer foreign films, so was drawn to this recommendation on NFLX. It started out as what I thought a peek into a neglected marriage, obviously because the husband was having an affair. With precision reveals, it becomes clearer what could be happening in this family's lives. So well written and executed by the writer, director and lead actress who is one and same person! Without giving away too much, this is a deep, authentic, visceral story that will stay with you long after viewing, as others have written here in the reviews. Why this isn't on everyone's radar as a MUST WATCH, is beyond me.

Swedish director and actress Josephine Bornebusch offers us a raw family drama that touches our deepest fibers with a conventional film, but made with all possible sincerity.

The film takes us to an intense family drama in crisis and that little by little will be rediscovered in a harsh truth that changes all the perspectives of each member of this family. The director sets out to give us a sincere drama without limiting herself in any way, destroying relationships, destroying worlds and destroying realities, all of that handled with the subtlety of a very good director who also stars in her own script, which leads us to feel with all the intensity this drama that she offers us.

It is helped by a cast that is also committed, where Pål Sverre Hagen and Sigrid Johnson stand out. Each character has something to tell and something to face their own fears and regrets with, that intensity put into each scene is what captivates us as spectators and at the same time its director is intelligent in not risking anything improper, Bornebusch touches the conventional keys of how to conquer the spectator, but she does it in an authentic way and without looking for anything easy, she does it with a correct look at an intense drama that breaks you as it reaches its final climax where you sense that everything will break definitively.

We are faced with a sad, moving and deeply heartbreaking story that hides nothing and gives you a true story that keeps coming back to you as everything happens. The moments of happiness, especially well placed thanks to intelligent humor, are part of the dose of relief from a deep drama full of sadness and everything that allows you to experience a process of emotions and tears that break the deepest heart of any viewer.

A brave film that, in its well-used conventionality, manages to hit the nail on the head as one of the pleasant and saddest dramas of 2024. Its director continues to demonstrate her directing skills, but also her good work in front of the screen, an interesting proposal that is worth giving a chance to move you and enjoy life's blows.