Category Archives: old couple separation

OLD AGE AND CARE : Amour, Chronic, A Woman’s Tale

Posted on December 28, 2020 by rinaross

Autoethnography Isolated from family and friends under tier 4, unable to research with any enthusiasm I have decided to end the writing of 2020.But first I must come back to my blog of December 19th, where I touched on an … Continue reading →

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AWAY FROM HER (2008) and Still Alice (2014)

Posted on November 18, 2020 by rinaross

Of all couple separations the separation due to dementia can be the most painful. Major illnesses in a partner, a child are also difficult to live through. It is the erasing of the partner and his/her annihilation that is unbearably … Continue reading →

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COUPLE RELATIONSHIP IN AMOUR

Posted on November 2, 2020 by rinaross

There are two big films about old couples in my list of blogs : Amour and Iris.  I did not think that Iris was entirely fiction and I did not include it in my studies.  However I mentioned it because … Continue reading →

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Death of Wife: Tokyo Story.

Posted on August 24, 2020 by rinaross

“Critics have frequently observed that Ozu Yasujiro’s Tokyo monogatari (Tokyo Story, 1953) was inspired by Leo McCarey’s Make Way for Tomorrow (1937). David Bordwell sees Ozu as “recasting” the American film – borrowing from it, adapting it – and briefly … Continue reading →

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COUPLE SEPARATION

Posted on June 9, 2020 by rinaross

June. Already ten weeks in lockdown and the stress of the pandemic is starting to bite. Forced to change my activities and interests. My social life, film blog and film research neglected are replaced by housekeeping chores and occasional Zoom … Continue reading →

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