Zrcadlení

What a gem of a film this was. I went into it with no information, not knowing what to expect, only knowing it was 'a short film about death' (as so eloquently written in the TV guide)

There were many statements from different people with different attitudes to life, and death. Some attitudes seemed driven by the circumstances the person found themselves in, like the patient in the hospital. A hospital for those who were sick enough to die from their sickness. The nurses gave their opinions and statements on life and death and the dying and their feelings on the subjects were not as predictable or obvious as you might imagine. This is a short film with a lot of depth and meaning packed inside.

The cinematography is of a high standard and I found myself mesmerised often, feeling I had been lured into a world of existential dreaming and a kind of gentle procrastination. At times, I almost felt as if I was there in the room with the people lying in their hospital bed, as their gaze took in the flickering light being scattered by the leaves of the tree and their minds wandered a thousand miles away.

I recommend this film to anyone who is even slightly bothered by their own existence. To anyone who has denied themselves the guilty luxury of pondering one's own death, of being curious about the circumstance, or perhaps only the mundane aspects such as the timing and if they'll have lived enough by then!

This film reminded me that beauty is found in this life, in the most unexpected places and to not forget, in the hectic or the peaceful days that all seem to merge and fly by us in a haze ... to not forget to do that one thing

... Live it.