Joseph

I saw a wonderful little French movie - JOSEPH

Liam (Walid Ben Mabrouk), 24 years-old wayward lad, is arrested for stealing from an elderly person. Sentenced to a month's community service in a retirement old-age home, he spends most of his time looking after 70 years old Joseph (Vincent Grass) whose only purpose is to escape from home and not die like his wife inside the old-age home, but go to an island beach creek where he and his wife had dreamt of renovating a small cabin and living there. Joseph seeks help from Liam for fulfilling his final wish.

Will Liam help Joseph, and will Joseph be able to escape the old-age home and fulfill his life-long dream he had promised to his wife?

This movie is written and directed by a young director Jordan Anefalos, who had done a commendable job in executing a humane story and a perfect casting, of both protagonist Vincent and Walid.

Vincent is an old veteran in Belgium, French and International movies (worked in more than 100 movies) while Walid is a new entrant in the world of cinema and has great potential for the future. Both have given brilliant performances - depicting the vulnerabilities of their characters and hopes of a human connection.

The cinematography is good. The movie is a short film of 30 minutes - but it is brisk and keeps the viewers on the edge of the seat.

We wonder that - will Vincent die before he escapes the retirement home?

I liked this movie, especially due to the emotions it draws around the apathy shown by society and family members to old people and how old people miss their moments they spent with the ones they once LOVED.

Sadly old people (irrespective of gender) are mostly forgotten people and are hidden in confined spaces with no one to talk to. The film depicts that old people too have their LOVE dreamz to fulfill.

This movies made me feel the same longing for LOVE

I would go with 7 out of 10 stars.

One of profound touching short films for the truth, simple, precise, precious at whole contained by it.

A young thief.

A venerable man.

The first - front to alternative to prison.

The second desiring to see, again, his boat.

The result is one of that stories great in each detail.

A story of very special friendship, impressive acted, inspired crafted, a film about family and about second chances , about manner , fair one, to fix errors and to fix the past regrets.

Vincent Grass offers a magnificent exploration of old man, far by his fatherland, widower, reduced to the walls of his room, desiring only reasonable form of liberty.

Walid Ben Mabrouk is more than a revelation. His Liam preserves all the teribilismes, frustrations and vulnerability of youth. And the generosity who only this age has in fair manner.

So, for many motives, just magnificent.