La Chambre d'en face

Denmark did it again and they made a movie that once again tends to react to the taboos in society. In this case, the topic is dementia and the movie involves a number of senior citizens afflicted with the illness. But the movie is trying very hard to be sensitive and it isn’t trying to induce a severe depression in the viewers. And that’s despite the fact that this is actually part of the job description for a standard Danish movie. So, the result was that I spent a while thinking about how things are going to look for me one day only to realize that the outcome might be whatever for me. Nevertheless, I also read several reviews here and I have to agree with what the user misterz wrote. The thing is that you cannot really compare a Czech (or Slovak) old folks’ home to one in Denmark. Simply go somewhere abroad and check out German senior citizens – see how good and well-preserved they look? That, however, changes nothing about the fact that pensioners from both countries would agree with the idea of this movie. Both the well-preserved ones from the west and the not-so-well-preserved ones from the Czech Republic. And I am happy to reward this idea with a four-star review for this film. (21/09/2016)