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Sylvia (2018)
Heartcrackingly haunting
Sylvia was shown in Attleboro, MA. I viewed it in the company of friends.
The lessons are legion, but I carry with me one major take-away: The love we are fortunate enough to experience in this brief life is entirely durable as long as we breath -- and this can be both a blessing and a haunting, often simultaneously.
The unfolding is startling; the story is told going forward but later one is forced to look back over all that preceded the ending for full understanding. Masterful.
The material could have been handled in a sugary manner. It was anything but saccharine.The expertise of all involved meant I was taken completely by surprise at the conclusion and was left completely gobsmacked emotionally.
I immediately thought, as a avid film viewer, this one is Oscar-worthy.