8/17/2023 0 Comments Still life movieThe only reason I gave this less than a 10 was for the final scene- where all the dead people he had served in his job are seen as spirits coming to surround his grave to pay their respects and as a thank you to him- it was just a bit campy and intended to tug at heartstrings, in which it succeeded, but a little too much on the 'and he died happily ever after' side. Of course, the final irony is that he is responsible for bringing a family together on the last case he had before his job was terminated, and as the funeral is going on and all the people he found are gathered there, he is being buried in the same cemetery, alone, with no mourners (he gets hit by a London double-decker bus). He even tries to give them a funeral in whatever religious tradition they followed, if he can find evidence of one. May seeks to honor their lives as best he can- he keeps all their pictures in a photo album which he looks at frequently- as long as he remembers them, they haven't lived a wasted life. His boss berates him for spending too much time and money trying to find relatives or friends who would come to a funeral and says the person is dead, so doesn't care. He diligently tries to provide for them what he lacks in his own life- at least one person who cares. Ironically, his job is to find connections for others like himself, who have passed on with no known family or friends. May, does a wonderful job of portraying what living in the world as an unconnected being is all about. I actually really enjoyed this movie (that is, if you can enjoy a movie about loneliness and death). This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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