"Please understand me, because I can't understand myself!"
This quote from the film sums up why I needed this movie today.
Most people intrinsically share something of their lives on socials nowadays because they're feeling overwhelmed by the choices they've made, and then thrust into constant comparing with everyone around them, most of them strangers.
In a time, where we're quickly heading towards a generation that will yearn for their 15 seconds of anonymity, Bobby Mortal reminds us of what it means to be human. The unglamorous side of just BEING.
It created in me such a malaise at certain points, and forced me to make peace with parts of my life I was judging myself harshly for.
Any film that can actually create this level of internal dialogue is likely one I should re-watch often.
The writing, the characters, the whole ensemble, the cinematography, etc. It's just wonderful. There's a train transition that made it into my top ten moments of cinematic aesthetic nerdisms.
If you catch it, write your own review. I'd be curious to see what others thought of this film.
So happy I stumbled onto this.
I'll definitely be on the look out for future Ferrer films.
