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All My Puny Sorrows (Michael McGowan, 2021)

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All My Puny Sorrows

directed by Michael McGowan, 2021

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I love little details in films that are hidden in the background but add weight to the story.

I watched "All my puny sorrows" and noticed small detail that broke my heart.

Possibly SPOILERS

This movie (and book is based on) is talking about heavy subject. Elf (Sarah Gadon) is attempted suicide and Yoli (Alison Pill) is trying to keep her alive. They are two enemies (one wants to die another wants her to live) that love each other. At the beggining we saw a scene of father death. And this scene is moving through whole movie.

A train becames some sort of a symbol. A reminder of this tragic.

The train becomes a kind of symbol, a reminder of the tragedy and the fate of the heroine Elf.

She carries the pain of the past within her. Constantly in contact with her father and moving towards him.

In the first scenes in the hospital, the curtains of Elf's room are closed. She is mostly silent. And she is not in contact with the psychiatrist or her sister.

And then there are no curtains in the psychiatric unit of the hospital as it is not safe.

And there's a train outside the window. While Yoli is talking with Elf and wanting her to live. Elf is looking on a train.

And that little detail is as if to say: it is always there for her.

This little frame says a lot about the two sisters. One turned towards the train, the other looking in the opposite direction. And they are talking about their's wishes: I want you to live vs I want to die.

And at the end, in the scene in which we learn that Elf has died, we see two directions of her movement: away from her father and back towards him. No matter how hard she tries, she always carries that pain inside her.

That wasn't an easy movie for me to watch. And I'm not sure whether I like it or not. But this details stuck in my head and made me think about movie. Little details in the background that help tell the story. I love it with all my heart.

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There’s a book called Newton And The Time Machine by Michael Mcgowan. Did Newton Geiszler use a pseudonym? 

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All My Puny Sorrows (Michael McGowan, 2021)