A weird everyday family story

Rating: 8/10 (22 February 2020)

With 5 Oscars (best movie, director, actor leading role, cinematography and writing) and 3 more nominations (actress leading role, film editing and music) it is listed as one of the leading films in the history of cinema. Weird film, with Kevin Spacey being the only character in the play that played more as a comedian and much less as a drama, an element that sealed the film's weird character. The film is powerful, a mirror of relationships in a modern family. A family broken up inside, where its members seek communication, joy, love, esteem, outside the family context. Just the opposite of what the family window showcases, that is. And all this is embedded in the social context, with its anchors, its distortions, its exaggerations, its impositions, but also its instability. To conclude that the family self-destructs itself, which is ultimately the only element on which she could find support.