Learning her father only has a couple of weeks to live, Nete invites him into her cramped family flat. Of course, a month later he's still going strong and driving her crazy. An honest and funny account of living with dying.
Okay
Are you a stressed urban housewife, trying to do her best for all the people around her? Well that’s Ok.
Are you homosexual, male, living alone... more >
Okay
Are you a stressed urban housewife, trying to do her best for all the people around her? Well that’s Ok.
Are you homosexual, male, living alone, pursued by a lesbian couple to donate your sperm but at odds with your homophobic father? Well that’s Ok. Are you an old man, bitterly disappointed in your lot, misogynistic, and coming to the end of your life? Well that’s OK. Are you a university teacher, a failed writer, loved by your wife but disappointed in her unenthusiastic response to your writing, bewitched by the young student who seems to love your writing and you? Well that’s Ok.
Because this gentle, forgiving, bitter sweet comedy is all about being OK with the state of being human. And, unfortunately, the human condition is one where for most of the time, we don’t feel Ok. We never have enough money, enough time, enough love for those around us. We manage to create situations where we are anxious, in pain, uncertain, unable to reach out to those we love. Failing to make contact, making contact with the wrong people. But it’s all Ok because we are human.
I hope that doesn’t make the film sound too portentous or too precious. Because if you’re married, have kids, and have parents who are still alive, these situations this lovely warm little essay will have resonance: It’s all too rooted in our own lives. There are no heroes, no villains, just ordinary people trying to make it work. Sometimes they fail. But the alternative, and the film doesn’t shrink form hard choices, is that played out by the old man, who dies alone in hospital. But he did get to communicate with his son before he died. So we can get it right. Life, after all, is worth the celebration. It really is Okay.
Do watch this film - it is a delight.
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