The film is about how a young woman learns that her mother is dying, but is not in a hurry to visit her dying and cross the threshold of her parental home. And in general about what is happening has extremely contradictory feelings. Her husband insists that the wife still acted humanely and visited the mother. On the way, a young woman talks about the reasons for her dislike for her parents - they were alcoholics. Next, the viewer takes turns watching episodes from the present and from the childhood of the heroine.
As you might expect, the film was extremely sad. Alas, such pictures are not mine at all - I do not know whether they make sense, it is unlikely that their viewing can impress an alcoholic, if a person is drinking, then one moral suggestion can not do. For a practically non-drinker like me, watching all this was fatally boring, because it is already clear that drinking is evil. Whether "Pigs" to watch those who have been in life on the site of his heroine - I do not know, this is a question for psychologists. Perhaps it will only rekindle old wounds.
Honestly, the whole film was waiting for some kind of shock outcome, some tragedy, tin. But I never saw anything special – drunkards degraded, their children slowly went crazy. It's real, but I've heard more real stories.
What to say – the message of the film is right. A person should remember that his actions affect not only his life and health, which he is free to dispose of as he wants, but also the fate of his loved ones, especially children. For a child, parents are the main support in life, including moral. And such irresponsible behavior will inevitably leave a heavy mark on his personality. It is a lie that children of alcoholics necessarily drink, on the contrary, many become militant abstainers, but psychological problems remain forever.
But despite the morale, I would not recommend this film. In aesthetic terms, it is not remarkable, the plot is plausible, but banal, only a masochist will watch this for pleasure. So the only ecological niche of this film is the festival tape, in official language, “designed to draw attention to the problem.”
Result: psychological drama with a large social load - true, correct and boring. 6 out of 10
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