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The beauty of generational ties within a family and wisdom testimonies handed over from one to another is shown in all its splendor here in this most beautiful monochrome crafted movie I've ever watched. All the emotions, feelings and lessons of life come brilliantly in black and white as various smaller stories intertwined in a bigger picture and in surprising camera angles. Maybe we could learn a few lessons of life with the strong characters in this film. Maybe we shouldn't take anyone for granted. This movie is a feast to everyone who truly delights in photography. As a photographer, I'm suspicious, I know. I confess.

One can not avoid relate Resistance movie with the russian invasion going on in Ukraine right now as some war consequences are similar, be it in 20th or 21st century. But art in its many expressions has the power to save, heal and restore the human soul amidst war, whatever one we're in. That's what Marcel Marceau's character does and I didn't know it until now. Powerful and worth watching.

We can easily get so caught up in our own business and goals that we forget to simply look around and testify that there is more life happening around us than our small world. So, it takes something or someone to get in our way and get our attention by interrupting our trajectory.. That can be bothering. It can be as challenging as being confronted with opposite cultures and mindsets that drive us off our comfort zone and make us go back to what really matters, stripped off of all that is accessory. Life can be simpler and more joyful. This is Yao: playfully serious.