A beautiful film about a group of elderly women who are stranded in the Canadian countryside after their bus breaks down. They spend the next few days fishing, gathering, singing, and talking while they wait for help to come. The dialogue is ad-libbed/unscripted and meanders gently like a stream. Sometimes very funny, sometimes sad. Itβs a really lovely movie :)
Feb 28, 2024
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such a visually stunning movie and the movie itself including the mostly improvised dialogue is beautiful too!
Feb 24, 2025
Man, I have never seen such a truly wonderful, beautiful, sweet, raw and gentle film about womanhood. Must watch!!!
May 31, 2024
A story of survival, loss, sadness, and almost indescribable joy in community.
IDK how it took me so long to discover this (it first came out in 2008) sweet little film.
Essentially it's the story of "chosen family" -- approximately 50 families of Holocaust survivors (most of whom lost every family member they had to the Nazis) who invested together in a bungalow colony up in the Catskills and come together every summer to reunite, hang out, and reminisce.
The movie focuses on the year 2006, when many in the colony are getting to the age where life is harder for them physically, and collectively they must decide how long the colony should continue, or if they should sell this special place where they can see each other "and be free."
"Life can be beautiful even when it's not so easy" says one of the survivors of her lot in life.
I loved and was so inspired by this story.
https://fourseasonslodgefilm.com/
Jul 23, 2024
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I like this photo of a bird I took last spring because of the way he is framed in the tree branches, and how fleeting and fragile the moment felt. I think it was on Fuji Superia or Portra 400, donβt remember
Mar 30, 2024
Been really obsessed with this song lately. Kate and Anna Mcgarrigle do a great version of it too. Canβt wait to go swimming this summer
Apr 5, 2024
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just heave a big sigh. my dog does it all the time
Feb 9, 2024