La vie que nous voulions

What a joy to watch a movie that slows you down and allows you to think and feel and look around you.

Not for the crowd. This is a masterly taken movie that takes you little by little into your own abyss of thoughts and feelings.

Telling a story can serve several purposes: propaganda, entertainment and make us think about existential issues. Most people are just looking for entertainment, which is not a problem in itself. But you can't expect every movie to have an impactful scene in the first 15 minutes, a fast pace or a big turnaround near the end, to get the viewer's attention. "What We Wanted" is a good example of a good movie that people miss because they just don't want to see "slow movies". This is a beautiful drama film, very well directed, beautiful in its delicacy, in its sensitivity, in its rawness, in its reality, in its sadness, with excellent performances, with special emphasis on the performance of Lavinia Wilson and the little Iva Höpperger.

It's amazingly filmed... beautiful images... great story, very tight... it deserves to be seen...

Loved the way the movie was directed with emotions well delivered...the place and the nature captures were really good...but the ending could have been much better by showing what exactly the couple learnt from their vacation or what was that they gained then..but good portrayal of the characters..

Is a good story with the message that If you try your best to get something and you do not get it ...make the best of it and be happy with what you got. The confuse part for me was the Vacation ending of the family next door ...is not clear if they all go home at the end.