Both were so good it depressed me to think how far away bollywood movies are from
even the most liberal meanings of the word 'quality'.
But they weren't just world movies.They transcended all barriers of language, nationality and politics to dish out a most honest ,true and heartfelt experience
to their viewers.It's a experience I would recommend you not to miss.
All about my mother:
Now how to describe this !!
First of all it's a spanish film and has almost no male characters.
Protoganist is a mother who loses her teenage son to death and embarks on the
journey to find the boy's father.
After the span of almost 16 years she comes face to face with her past which is so abnormal that she hadn't even told her son about it when he was alive.
Imagine any sensitive taboo social issue that comes to your mind and you will find a
reference to it in this movie - organ transplantation , trans-sexuality, homo-sexuality
,AIDS,drugs etc and the list never seem to end.
You would imagine this would be a sad and depressing movie.
Instead I found it to be one of the best movie-watching experiences ever.
In the end I was feeling good about myself and the worldd around me.
In words of Mathew sir ; It takes all these issues and spin it in away
that they appear normal to us by the time the movie ends.
Series of quirky characters thrown in good measures but no stereo-typing
towards any of it.All the characters are compassionately etched out ;as if straight from real life.
I liked how the director manages to widen our maturity and sensitivity to these issues.
Its a breezy and colorful film which never forgets its primary aim to entertain the people.An amazing background score and unbelievable acting by the leads make this movie
a rare kind of satisfying and soulful experience.
In the end you find yourself cheering loudly; not just for the movie but also for the beauty of life.
Grave of the fireflies:
Undoubetedly this Japanese film made in 1988 is the one of the greatest anti-war
films ever made.
It is such a powerful and intense emotional experience that you would find it
difficult to control your tears every now and then.
The story is simple but sadly a real-life story based on a novel.
It's about the life of a teenage brother and a toddler sister who are trying to survive in war-torn Japan during WW II.
The incessant air-raids , unavailability of food ,constant grief due to death
of near and dear ones and the impossibility to survive in this cruel world when
nobody cares about your family except you is basically the premise of the film.
It's also a story of guilt so haunting that his entire life the writer of the novel
; lived a troubled life.
The novel is his tribute to his little sister whom ultimately he couldn'nt save.
And this movie isn't really about war; it's almost totally a personal experience
about innocent lives deeply affected by the war.
Ruthlessly gut-wrenching, unpolitical and devastating; this movie will stay with you for a long time.And though this is an anime, it's too disturbing to be recommended for children.
You might find it similar to 'Diary of Anne Frank' in terms of its message.
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