Over the weekend, I caught this. Just proves a film does not have to be a full feature theatrical film to be good. I dare say this is the best work and film I saw all year, even over full films. And I adore Miriam Margolyes, who can do no wrong. The film got me in so many emotions for only 20 minutes. Dorothy is a lonely widow whose body is failing her, but her mind is still very sharp. When JJ accidentally kicks his soccer ball into her garden, he upends Dorothy's daily routine and unlikely friendship blossoms, despite being worlds apart, the two come to find they have more in common than they could have imagined. Books and art.
I, too, love Miriam Margolyes. I watch the Graham Norton show every time she's on and have seen her in many films. I hope I get a chance to see this; it sounds lovely.
ReplyDeleteAnd you're right: we don't need a 3-hour movie all the times, sometimes, in SOME things, shorter is better. 😉
HuntleyBiGuy:
ReplyDeleteOMG! What a wonderful film! It’s a beautiful story of a friendship that spans the ages. Like so many of us, we want to be seen, not just in passing, but for who we are.
Thanks for sharing this with us.
XOXO
Less is more. When the point has been made, the story has been told. Like my buddy's film "Fusion." It's all of 7 minutes, yet is now in the permanent collection at the 9-11 Memorial Museum in NYC.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful short film -- love it! I hope it wins the Oscar!
ReplyDeleteIt's free to stream on YouTube and about as long as an anime episode? I need to see this during lunch today. Thanks for recommending it.
ReplyDeleteI first became aware of her way back in the 1980s when she, then relatively little known, kept appearing on stage in 'bit parts'. Then, very gradually she started appearing in films, nearly always British ones, until they started snowballing right up to recent years when she's become a formidable presence whenever and wherever she appears. Her fame has come to her later in life than for most 'stars' but she's now got there - and fully deserves the recognition she's at last achieved.
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