Song for Marion
Hi girls!
I'm finally back...even if without a Kid-Lou fanfiction...sorry!!
These last months I haven't been able to be online very much because I finally found and rented a small, cute studio apartment I really like!
Just the other saturday I was able to have a new internet connection for my pc...yay! Until now I had to use my smartphone and internet at work, s I wasn't really able to be very active.
Soon I'll post some photos of my little house. I'm having so much fun decorating it! ^_^
But now, let's talk about the main topic of this post: a delightful, moving little movie called: Song For Marion.
I don't know if it still on theatres in your countries, but if you decide to watch it be prepared to use a lot of kleenex!
I'm not joking! I think the last time I cried in a cinema it was during the initial sequence of Up. I think if you aren't at least a bit moved by that sequence your heart is made of stone! :P
Anyway, this film, like Up, focuses on a elderly couple. They are completely the opposite, Arthur is grumpy and a loner while his wife Marion is friendly and full of life; she loves to sing in a local chorus for elderly people, which Arthur thinks is pretty silly. Despite their differences though, they love each other very much and Arthur takes care of Marion lovingly because she's terminally ill.
The story is very linear and you can imagine what is going to happen and how it'll end: Marion dies and Arthur became more and more detached until he decides to join the choir his late wife loved so much, throught the music and with the help of the teacher Elizabeth (a lovely Gemma Arterton) Arthur is finally able to mend the relationship with his son, whom he pushed away because of his pain and to move over his beloved Marion death.
The story isn't the most original of the word. But Terence Stamp and Vanessa Redgrave (Arthur and Marion) were really terrific in their roles. Out of four only one of us didn't cry even a little during the movie. :*)
But this isn't completely a sad movie, because there were also comic moments most of them due to the irriverent songs Elizabeth made the spry elders sing.
So, if you have the chance go to see Song for Marion, even if it might hit a bit too close to home for some of you. I too went to visit my parents more often than usual after I saw the film, also because the protagonists have my parents' age!
Hugs!
Paola
I'm finally back...even if without a Kid-Lou fanfiction...sorry!!
These last months I haven't been able to be online very much because I finally found and rented a small, cute studio apartment I really like!
Just the other saturday I was able to have a new internet connection for my pc...yay! Until now I had to use my smartphone and internet at work, s I wasn't really able to be very active.
Soon I'll post some photos of my little house. I'm having so much fun decorating it! ^_^
But now, let's talk about the main topic of this post: a delightful, moving little movie called: Song For Marion.
I don't know if it still on theatres in your countries, but if you decide to watch it be prepared to use a lot of kleenex!
I'm not joking! I think the last time I cried in a cinema it was during the initial sequence of Up. I think if you aren't at least a bit moved by that sequence your heart is made of stone! :P
Anyway, this film, like Up, focuses on a elderly couple. They are completely the opposite, Arthur is grumpy and a loner while his wife Marion is friendly and full of life; she loves to sing in a local chorus for elderly people, which Arthur thinks is pretty silly. Despite their differences though, they love each other very much and Arthur takes care of Marion lovingly because she's terminally ill.
The story is very linear and you can imagine what is going to happen and how it'll end: Marion dies and Arthur became more and more detached until he decides to join the choir his late wife loved so much, throught the music and with the help of the teacher Elizabeth (a lovely Gemma Arterton) Arthur is finally able to mend the relationship with his son, whom he pushed away because of his pain and to move over his beloved Marion death.
The story isn't the most original of the word. But Terence Stamp and Vanessa Redgrave (Arthur and Marion) were really terrific in their roles. Out of four only one of us didn't cry even a little during the movie. :*)
But this isn't completely a sad movie, because there were also comic moments most of them due to the irriverent songs Elizabeth made the spry elders sing.
So, if you have the chance go to see Song for Marion, even if it might hit a bit too close to home for some of you. I too went to visit my parents more often than usual after I saw the film, also because the protagonists have my parents' age!
Hugs!
Paola