Just a couple of weeks ago, the film, I’LL See You In My Dreams, explored and celebrated love and late in life happiness for the Aarp demographic. And now, here’s the flip side. It, like the 2011 Oscar for foreign film winner Armour, proves the saying usually attributed to Bette Davis, “Old age is not for sissies”. For the retirees in this film, there’s no pot parties or lunch time sea cruises with Sam Elliot to eagerly anticipate. Nope, there’s only pain, suffering, and death in their futures, along with some very tough decisions. Even though there’s little cause for the celebration, we’re invited, via your local cinema, to The Farewell Party.
The “party” really centers around one couple. Yehezkel (Ze’ev Revach) and Levana (Levana Finkelstein) are reveling in their golden years together as they share a cozy home in a Jerusalem retirement center.
The “party” really centers around one couple. Yehezkel (Ze’ev Revach) and Levana (Levana Finkelstein) are reveling in their golden years together as they share a cozy home in a Jerusalem retirement center.
- 6/11/2015
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
★★★★☆ With Michael Haneke's Amour (2012), winner of this year's Palme d'Or, also playing at the London Film Festival, it's possible that Amir Manor's quiet drama Epilogue (2012) may be somewhat overlooked. That would be a real shame, however, as this touching tale of an octogenarian couple struggling through their disconnect with modern life in Israel is a real gem. Times are tough for Berl (Yosef Carmon) and Hayuta (Rivka Gur), an elderly couple occupying a small flat in Tel Aviv where Berl shuffles up and down their building appropriating his neighbours' discarded newspapers whilst Hayuta labours through a shower.
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- 10/21/2012
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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