in search of truth(iness)

Rating: 10/10 (9 October 2007)

The protagonist of this beautiful tale does not like his parents. Sure, all parents have problems. Our fellow does not want to be part of the problem, he wishes to understand true form of "Living with nature, the way life was", he wishes to escape all this hypocrisy and the race for riches and luxury, he just wants to BE. After graduating from college he donates all his life savings to charity, burns all his ID cards and starts a journey in search of Identity. His destination is the great Alaska and its pristine beauty.
Along the way we meets various people, does odd jobs, finds glimpses of joy, boundless energy, touches lives spent mourning loss, shares lives spent searching for happiness and meets lives spent "Living". Each one of them is a part of that Jigsaw puzzle our boy is trying to solve. The performance of folks on the road are extremely good, they make us share the bumpy ride, we understand their feelings and care for them. We also get to see the boy's parents in a new light. Its hard not to feel their pain caused by knowing they just might've lost him.
Every week, many of us spend a few hours thinking about life. We all long to escape from this "Routine". What we rarely realize (and this movie reminded me) is that beauty and happiness is everywhere. There is so much of it, that we don't have to "Escape". Its tough to understand what makes people do such seemingly drastic actions in life, take an adventure into the wild for months, live the life of a Hippie, be a nudist, be a rebel or just be different? Do we always have to look for a reason and if things go wrong, should we always have to place the blame ?
The movie is very beautiful and smooth. Acting is good all around, and the background score helps a lot to elevate the mood. I am very impressed by some screen shots, I just wish to take a picture and upload to my Flickr. I highly recommend this movie if u feel that longing... of just any kind. My friend Kesava said this recently..." We cannot explain every person's actions. It would be great injustice if we try and rationalize individuality and self expression". So very true.