Any of us at least once thought that it would be nice to be in the city of his childhood. Of course, everyone put something of their own into this desire - someone longing for the carefree days of their lives, someone - the desire to influence the irreversibility of events that remained far beyond the horizon.
Fifty-year-old Tom, despite the seeming success in life, does not let go of the past. Mysterious events associated with the father, inexorably pull him back, imprinting on the present. Tom is presented with an enviable chance to go back and try to change the course of events, on which the fate of people dear to him depends. A dream, isn't it? The story that occurs in American films quite often. However, unlike Hollywood stories, there is initially no confidence in the beloved “happy end”, and the film, despite its slowness, keeps in deep tension to the very credits.
“Far Next Door” captivates with its peace and mystery. The picture masterfully conveys the atmosphere of the ideal city of childhood, which, despite its external beauty, is still artificial. It is also interesting to note that despite the fact that the film is French, the creators of the film managed to preserve the Japanese gut of the script. Some understatement, mystery, ambiguity of the characters, as well as the ending make you look at the picture from the Asian angle of perception, and even though, at first glance, the plot seems unrealistic, but the denouement gives rise to doubts in the viewer’s head that everything that happens is just a banal fantasy of the creators of the picture.
Subtle, touching and beautiful.
Sometimes, looking back, you think, "Oh, I'd go back to my green youth with my brains now, it would be different." Even if there are no special life tragedies behind them, there is certainly something that can be corrected / changed. Devoting more time and attention to what really matters/it’s easy to fall in love with the most beautiful girl/boy in the school, but there are few such “if” behind everyone.
The main character of the film “Far Next Door” has such an opportunity – a 50-year-old man returns to his childhood city in the body of a 14-year-old himself (one-year-old of his screen hero Leo Legrand plays organically and touchingly a boy with experience in the eyes).
And it seems that now it will be possible to influence the turns of fate. Many people compare this film with The Butterfly Effect, but if in the latter, and indeed, the fate of everyone as a whole changes from the change in the behavior of each participant, then Far Next door dispels these illusions. As in life: all you can change is yourself and your attitude to the world, but, alas (and perhaps fortunately), not other people, their motives, actions. Oh, yes, the most beautiful girl in school, of course, will fall in love with you, only you will understand that this is not the most important thing for you yesterday.
Visit the city of your childhood and youth! Pascal Gregory's recipe!
I will say a banal thing: not everyone will understand this movie, or rather not that they will understand, but rather feel it. There's two things. The first is to feel this film, you need to live at least forty years, because behind the shoulders there will be a lot of experience, coupled with the desire to visit in childhood, a kind of nostalgia. And two. In addition to common sense, which is not always to our advantage, since we often dissect the duties of the Lord God, which are contrary to our own intellect, we must have sensory knowledge, the ability to feel the nature of things subtly.
A gray-haired, bald-haired man, well-dressed, packed his suitcase, emerged from the comfortable home comfort of his wife, daughter and beautifully furnished apartment, and boarded the train that took him to the city of his childhood. The viewer should not be led astray. It is caused solely in order to understand the state of the protagonist as best as possible. He has sad eyes and a slightly lost look. Thomas stands on his mother’s grave, raises his eyes to the sky, sees a butterfly and is transported to childhood. In a second, he’s out of the realm of what he’s accomplished in the comic book industry. Bang and you as a kid. There's just one problem. He has the body of the same fourteen-year-old Thomas as he was, and his consciousness is the same. Consciousness is more complicated. This element is an immutable attribute of each person in Thomas is a person from another world, from the world in which he has worked for 50 years. Can you really accept such a disparaging reality? So it is.
The movie is very beautiful. The amazing camera work of Jeanne Lapuari is no worse than that of Emmanuel Lubetzky in The Tree of Life. If I've convinced you a little, I'd like you to see it. I’ll tell you a little secret: I never fully understood this film, which will give me the chance to watch it again. And for this my ambiguity and incomprehension, I give the film the highest score.
10 out of 10
I would say Far Next Door is one of the most beautiful, soulful, atmospheric, kind, unique and magical films I have seen in 26 years.
I don’t consider it one of my favorite movies just because I’ve watched it so many times and have already gotten used to it, it no longer causes tears or a storm of other emotions, it has become native, recognizable, but this film will always be nothing like any other.
Starting from the beginning, I want to note the incredible beauty of nature, all this is so exciting from the first frames, and then the plot enters into its legal force. And this story is about childhood, about forgiveness and understanding, about love, about the possibility of fixing something. Far Next Door is a great movie for those who have forgotten how to be a kid. Sam Garbarski made not a fairy tale, but an adult movie for our inner children. And the director put the wise idea that everything is right, that life itself will put everything in its place.
Everyone who saw the film could not miss Leo Legrand. I scoured half the internet looking for information about no. A wonderful and very talented actor. In his eyes I saw not 14 years, but 40. He has very beautiful eyes...
And in the end, I want to note the most basic virtue of Far Next door - its sincerity and loyalty. This film, I am sure we will review and in 20 years and grandchildren to show, and he will never get tired.
10 out of 10
I just wanted to tell you what a wonderful time it is. Let not one second of it float past you until... until you enjoy it.
Serling Rod "You can walk"
I wish I could leave. Childhood. At least for a while. Live again, appreciating every moment, without throwing away empty words of action. Change the course of life. If you have such thoughts in your head, watch this movie. To finally understand, nothing can be fixed. Your mistakes are your problems, no one will bring you back. Stop whining, correct the present.
The main character of the picture, in general, did not ask for the past. He got on the wrong train and found himself a few weeks before the day that completely changed his subsequent life. And I decided I had to fix it. But who in his place would refuse to do what he could not before? No one. The opportunity is given – take advantage. This is where director and screenwriter Sam Garbarski asks the main questions, namely, whether we have the right to change what happened and, more importantly, to change what happened or attitude to it.
No clear answer is given, every viewer has the right to give his own. One thing is clear. Whatever your past, live in the present. And no regrets. It was a great time, but it’s no worse.
P.S. Don’t expect an action movie and a twisted plot, there is neither one nor the other. Tune in to a calm, unhurried drama and you will be satisfied.
9 out of 10
Distinguishing a film masterpiece from a film whose life is measured by the duration of the rental is actually very simple. This is a masterpiece.
How many times in your life would you want to go back in time to change a crucial moment in your life? Thomas faints from the past and again turns out to be a 14-year-old boy, at a time when the fate of him and his family is on a cliff.
One day, on his 40th birthday, Thomas' father left the house and left. And he went nowhere and from where. This caused a deep wound to the soul of the boy and his mother.
Thomas understands that the main purpose of this time travel is to prevent this act in order to save the family.
How this hero will unfold before you, I assure you, will leave its imprint.
Trying to prevent the collapse of the family, Thomas will be the perfect son for his mother, a friend for his father, a caring brother for his sister, he will meet childhood friends, first love and live this part of his life with you. Because the director's work can be appreciated above all praise. Pastel colors, a flowing camera and airy music accompanying the picture will envelop and will not let you go until the end of the film.
The acting game is truly organic and touching. You’ll understand every character in Sam Garbarski’s story and see its different sides.
At the same time, the film has a rare dignity, the director does not give him his assessment of the characters and simply allows us to observe and think, which undoubtedly becomes the highlight of the film.
I don't know why,
I've been dreaming.
Take the train.
I got off the train,
There is nowhere to go. Ishikawa Takuboku
A very long film, disappointment and deceived expectations.
We all read the movie description and watch the movie based on that. So, after watching this very long film, you feel that you have been deceived, and the correct slogan is 'Dear time travel'.
You tolerate boring scenes, no, not for the sake of a direct and not intricate hippie end, but waiting at least for the finale of the plot. There are beautiful quiet films in this genre, which you watch and enjoy every shot, here you look at ' rewind' and you come to nothing. An immoral, boring movie with no end or middle.
I wanted to watch a quiet, beautiful film, and in the end spent time on a sad... There are no words, one disappointment from mediocrity.
This is my first review, written to save you a waste of time and disappointment.
P.S. After this film, to cheer up, I recommend the film ' Fugitive' with Harrison Ford (of course, if you did not watch).
And for the film ' Far Next Door' rating:
The film is quite calm in the plot, in colors, dialogues between the characters. There is no aggression, and everything is filled with kindness and warmth. The musical accompaniment was not always present, but when it sounded, it generated melodic, peaceful sounds. And the adult protagonist himself corresponds to all the above, dissolves in this harmony.
The return of the hero in his childhood gives him the opportunity to realize that he was sometimes not attentive to his family, did not communicate with them much, spent time. But only in this way you can understand what is on the soul of your loved ones, their experiences, joyful moments.
When Tom meets his first love, he does not want to change anything, he realizes that he will have a completely different girlfriend, and later a wife. All this for him is only a temporary journey into the past, which gives him a little time to look at everything again, but already a man who has lived a life.
The climax of the film was the passing of Tom’s father, which he wanted to prevent, but could not, because nothing can be changed. It is a past that has not been corrected. But Tom managed to talk to his father and understand why he did this to them. And Tom won't blame his father for this anymore.
On returning home, Tom saw the light in his window, where his family was waiting for him. And he realized they were the most precious thing he had. Let them not always be attentive to him, but no matter how twisted, without him it will be difficult for them.
This is a story that helped to reassess your attitude to loved ones, that you need to do everything on time and not be afraid of anything. These are the thoughts that came to my mind when I saw this picture. I advise everyone to watch.
Returning to childhood is an opportunity to prevent terrible consequences in the future. That's what fate ordered...
The film by Sam Garbarski caused a much mixed opinion. But it left a positive impression.
Fate provided an unusual opportunity for an adult, accomplished person to return to his childhood and try to change the course of certain events, to change the point of view of what so worried him in his youth. Hence, the main line of the plot, which is clearly presented throughout the film, is the clarification of the circumstances of the departure of the head of the family from the loving home, which was the result of a chain of turning events in the life of Tom, his sister, and most importantly, his mother.
Tom's mother never recovered from her husband's disappearance without explanation. The woman sincerely loved Tom's father, waited for him, hoped for his return home, but this did not happen, and as far as I understood for myself, this event was reflected in a serious illness, because of which she died suddenly.
The film is built logically in the sense that there are no incomprehensible, random faces in it, which gives some ease when watching the tape, despite the far from stupid and frivolous plot. Each character is closely related to the plot line, each carries certain information that soon helps Tom (the main character, actor - Leo Legrand) get to the truth, which allows you to put together a whole picture and shed light on the circumstances that interest him, even radically change your point of view on the main issue - the meaning and attitude to life.
Tom, understanding all the circumstances, does not take the chance that fate gave him - the opportunity to change the course of events. He does not stop his father in his desire to change the essence of his existence, to start a new life, namely life. Having made such a, perhaps completely rash, spontaneous, cardinal turn of his life and the lives of relatives. And, following the example of his father, Tom, the same man with his wife and children (Pascal Greggori), having heard the opinion of his father, having learned the reason for the strong desire to leave, and having understood this for himself, he does the same thing as he does.
Personally, my attitude towards this act is quite critical, since we can change our lives in other ways, and even as Tom's father, it was possible to act more loyally to my wife by explaining everything to her, and to our children who love him. Roughly speaking, a typical act for a person who is tired of doing what he is forced to do, living with whom it is necessary, taking care of others, working for others, and decided to still live at least part of his life simply for himself and for his pure pleasure. Well, that's his will.
Acting skills can only be enjoyed.
As for the game of heroes, here, in my opinion, the roles of the second plan stand out. Their images are thoughtful and interesting personalities, with distinguished character traits, attitude to life. But, do not forget about the main character. Leo Legrand (Thoma) seems to us charismatic, attention-grabbing nature. He is emotional, but not in all episodes, in rare moments his game seemed to me dry, and in general everything is wonderful.
Simplicity is the sister of talent.
Further, about the direction of the film, I can say that the tape is pleasant and easy to watch, there are beautiful shootings, everything is clear, kept in one key. Cinema goes like oil, there are no drawbacks, not everyone is incomprehensible, I mean “specific” shooting, for example, as in the films of Quentin Tarantino, where the author’s handwriting is traced.
Sam Garbarski (director) takes a neutral stance on the actions of his characters. In no case does he condemn the father who left the family, who put her in a difficult position by his action.
The director of “Far in the Neighborhood”, here according to the information presented by Kinopoisk, is not very popular in the film industry. The average budget, in my opinion, is well removed, that is, for the entire 18 million dollars.
How often do you want to go back and change your life?
The main character Thomas has everything: a favorite job, a wife, two daughters. But something's missing. He draws comics, but has not released anything new for two years. By chance, the main character does not get on his train and when transferring is in the small town where he grew up. His house is abandoned, and conversation topics with a classmate are tough. Town and Thomas aren't the same. This comparison is pleasant throughout the film. Near the grave of his mother, the protagonist loses consciousness and wakes up fourteen-year-old. I want to focus on the moment when Thomas fell unconscious looking at a butterfly. No matter how hard I tried, but the story of Ashton Kutcher and his unsuccessful attempts to change something in his fate still surfaced in my memory.
Once in his childhood (if a 14-year-old can be considered a child), Thomas decides to prevent his father from leaving the family, which has so badly affected his mother. I was hooked on the idea of the film: a teenager, with the experience of a man over the age of fifty, goes back in time to change something. This theme is fully covered in the film. From the fact that Thomas (and at fourteen still Tom) standing in front of the mirror, looking at the absence of a beer tummy and a face that does not yet need a razor, to the moment when a teenager, watching his father board the train to France, does not stop him. Involuntarily, we think that as we get older, we become more experienced. And from here it's smarter, more logical and down the list. Adulthood is when you want to talk to a girl about an important topic and then kiss her. I will not tell you how the film will end (because this is my first review, and sometimes before watching the movie you already know what will happen and how, involuntarily waiting for the train, as in Anna Karenina). I still believe that someone who hasn’t seen it will read it and still turn on the movie. Why?
Because it's an amazing drama about how we need memories like air. About the fact that men, with all their strength, sometimes can not cope with the crisis of middle age and about the fact that love for others (whether it’s a wife, daughter or dog) after time we somehow like to call routine, although this is one of the most important for what we live. There are so many movies about it, right?
7 out of 10
(Like the title of this text, the film has it all: the idea, the performances, the actors, the music, and even the small-town signage add to the charm of the late 60s.) But something is missing. Maybe my own age and experience?
The past is gone forever. But we can change our thoughts about it.
It is impossible to change the past, but you must admit that everyone thought about it. How many films on this topic have seen cinema, how many variations of this idea have been embodied in the light of a variety of directors, it would seem that the topic is traveled along and across.
According to the description, it seems that this is another passing fantastic drama with attempts to influence the future, but immediately I want to say – no, this film is not about this, this film is more likely – reflection. An inconspicuous comic book artist, a little older than middle age, whose ideas of creativity have long dried up, life is a continuous gray strip of meaningless events. And suddenly he finds himself in the city of his childhood, where there is a loving mother, a younger sister, a devoted dog and a silent father who does not participate in the life of his family, except that he brings money. And now the hero through the eyes of a fourteen-year-old teenager with fifty years of life experience is again experiencing difficult events that occurred so long ago. He had a chance to rethink everything, understand the reasons and dig deep in himself. Why did he leave his father? did he do the right thing? Everyone will understand this in their own way, someone will condemn, someone will probably approve. What can the life of a person who has never had a choice become? What is it like to go to a job that you got for lack of another, to have a spouse that you married only out of a sense of duty to a friend, children with whom you do not want to find a common language when you live someone else's life? The hero has to figure it out.
The whole film is melancholy, silent scenes with brooding faces and pleasant sad music that evokes sadness. There is a certain charm in this small town with beautiful nature, where butterflies fly over the graves of long-dead people.
Well, and advice to all who have run out of ideas for creativity: a little sleep, a little imagination, digging into their past and rethinking the high-profile events of their lives, and voila – a great plot is ready.
To watch those who want to be sad and immerse themselves in those distant, if not very times of their childhood.
7 out of 10
History does not tolerate the assumption that consists in the use of a subjunctive inclination: “What would have happened if he had done so” ... or ... “If this had happened.” History is a fait accompli, so you need to analyze it based on what happened. But history is a living process, and what the future will be depends on how we act now, so perhaps N. Karamzin was right when he said that “history knows a subjunctive inclination.”
Imagine that you were given the opportunity to get into your childhood from the present with a full load of knowledge and life experience. A lot could be changed. Isn't it? Fifty-year-old Thomas was given a unique chance to change his present by changing the past. He is caught in his childhood and must prevent a tragedy that will forever change his life and his family. It's like a time machine, once, and there, in the body of a fourteen-year-old boy, with its preoccupations typical of any teenager, but with the mind of a fifty-year-old man. He was older than his father, who was about to turn forty, and even older than his teachers at school. And life, from this point of view, already seems quite different, words and actions become different.
The film is very touching, "hit for a living," as they say. Just the day before yesterday, I was disassembling books in an old couch where they had been kept for many years, and I found in one of them a self-portrait I had painted in the 90s in the army when I was 18 and now forty. It was my time machine, carried away for a minute into the irretrievable past, and it seemed to me that it was always next door, although it seems far away.
10 out of 10
P.S. In one of the scenes of the film on the billboard of the cinema from the distant 67th flaunts “Belle de jour” with Catherine Deneuve in the title role, a film that I watched just yesterday. Coincidence? Is history not tolerant of the subjunctive mood? Perhaps the past is always close, much closer than we think.
