A wonderful film! Mija is an elderly woman who starts forgetting words, it's the beginning of Alzheimer's disease. She enrolls in a poetry class - an attempt to find words again. She also has a problem to use the words she still has, as she is communicating very badly. Her grandson is living with her and this lout doesn't talk at all, at least not to his grandmother.
The teacher of the poetry class asks his students to look carefully at things. Mija starts to write words and observations in her note book.
It shows that the grandson has raped a girl for some time and that that girl committed suicide. Too make a long story short: the tales of the girl and of Mija melt together until Mija gives her voice to the raped girl.
Yes, the film is proceeding slowly, but never standing still. And as Mija is learning about poetry, poems form a considerable part of the film. Mija's way to find her own voice is central, the supporting roles never develop completely.
So beautiful - left a deep impact on me.
10/10
The teacher of the poetry class asks his students to look carefully at things. Mija starts to write words and observations in her note book.
It shows that the grandson has raped a girl for some time and that that girl committed suicide. Too make a long story short: the tales of the girl and of Mija melt together until Mija gives her voice to the raped girl.
Yes, the film is proceeding slowly, but never standing still. And as Mija is learning about poetry, poems form a considerable part of the film. Mija's way to find her own voice is central, the supporting roles never develop completely.
So beautiful - left a deep impact on me.
10/10
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| Seeing an apple for the first time - Mija learns poetry |
08/08/2015 I have seen this movie again and I am still impressed, maybe even more than after the first viewing. I think there are visual clues embedded,like the red flowers on Agnes' photo which trigger associations in Mija. So dense. And the second time I was more observant on how Mija's last words are for someone wh went without any word. So very beautiful.
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