13 Conversations About One Thing
Happiness lies...where? In a new lover, who shakes up the routines of your boring life? In command of power and justice? In the illusions of love and money? Or is it something else, more intrinsic, unnamed, untouched by circumstance, a kind of inner light that can be simply shared?
These are the questions of 13 Conversations About One Thing, an intriguing little film - if a bit slow - weaving several stories together to create a darkish meditation on the pursuit of happiness. Most everyone in the film - a great cast - is either frankly unhappy or about to become so, their various illusions unable to bear up to the reality of life. The one guy who smiles througout is a mystery and an annoyance, and we never really get to know why he sees the glass half full.
In the end, there are messages about faith (in something), the choices we make to impact others for good or ill, and as my friend put it after the movie, the fragility of things.
It was nice to see Amy Irving in something...
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