Bui Dam decides to return her mother, Birita Mohr, to the stage in the role of King Lear despite the fact that she is suffering from Alzhiemers and has little ability to speak.
This is a wonderful film. It's a very bittersweet tale that will leave you misty.
What makes the film work is that the film is operating on several levels, We have Biritia's story and how it parallels Lears, but we also have the story of Biritia's family and the theater on the Faroe Islands. This is a film full of life at its beginning and end. Its also a film full of views of the importance of theater and how we view how we live.
You will forgive me if I don't say a great deal about the film. About the time I saw the I had several friends slip further in to Alzhiemers and into dementia. The result was a film that played out the lives of the people around me.
What you need to know is that this film is one to see. It will move you.
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