13/47
After years of not communicating, they meet again in an extreme but strangely cute situation
Chronology
Ingrída and Marta were close friends in their youth when they worked together in the same magazine. IMDb editor Arno Kazarian offers quick images of the 12 films he screened at the 2024 New York Film Festival, including Anora and the dangerous, strangely erotic Misericordia. ..
Pedro Almodovar’s first feature film in English
Featured on The 7PM Project: September 8, 2024 Episode (2024). Successful writer "Ingrid" (Julianne Moore) is signing some books when one of her friends tells her that her old friend "Martha" (Tilda Swinton) has cancer. When she visits him in the hospital, she discovers that things are not so good, and over the next few days, they grow closer, sharing beliefs and becoming quite dependent on each other.
(to John Turturro) for advice as she wrestles with her conscience
When an experimental treatment fails, former war reporter "Marta" makes a rather daring proposal to his girlfriend, which will require them to retreat to a quiet retreat in Woodstock, where she will take matters into her own hands. Initially quite wary of this plan "Ingrida" She has to decide if she wants to help with all the moral and legal consequences, so she turns to the ex-boyfriend of both these women, “Damian”. The concept here is really quite poignant, especially given the refreshing conversation here in the UK about the right of terminally ill people to make their own choices without fear of those they leave behind the law or zealots, but I can’ don’t say I liked the presentation or the style.
Indeed, the whole thing deals in a very sterile way with something seriously emotional
Too much of the dialogue between the two women seems more focused on filling the audience than building a relationship between them. The things they should know about each other are presented in a way too sterile, and at times I wonder if there isn’t some decent backup going on as well. Both actors give strong performances, but their dynamic is unconvincing – well, it wasn’t for me, and the over-the-top verbiage rather drowned out the film’s emotional impact.