Tag Archives: separation

SINCE OTAR LEFT… (2003) or Women’s Lives.

Posted on November 17, 2014 by rinaross

“Pour moi qui suis issue d’un univers familial plutôt matriarcal, je pouvais y mettre beaucoup de ma propre vie, parler des rapports mère-filles qui m’ont structuré ou destructuré…” What made me choose this film for our October film group session? … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, Film Analysis | Tagged daughter, documentary, family, family secrets, film reception, grandmother, grief, intergeneration, lies, mother, mother and son, mother/daughter, old woman, old women coping with loss, representation old woman, secrets, separation | 1 Comment

UNHOOK THE STARS (1996)

Posted on August 3, 2014 by rinaross

I am glad I rediscovered this film after seeing Opening Night and am once again surprised that such a relevant film has never been mentioned in any list of older women in film that I have come across. Nick Cassavetes in his interviews declares … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing | Tagged Ageing, child minder, daughter, empty house, family, family conflicts, father as role model, friendship, gentle giant, grandmother, intergeneration, mother and son, mother/daughter, separation | Leave a comment

Baghban (The Gardener – 2003)

Posted on August 30, 2013 by rinaross

66 years later than Make Way For Tomorrow and 50 years later than TS, Baghban (2003) treats the same subject of the generation gap in a changing world. But in contrast to both MWT and TS Poojah the old woman … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Analysis | Tagged adopted son, Ageing, Baghban, bollywood, caring, daughter-in-law, escapism, family, grandmother, indian film, intergeneration, make way for tomorrow, mother, oldwoman/teenager, separation, sexism, sons and mothers, teenager, tokyo story | 2 Comments

THE OLD WOMAN IN ‘MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW’ AND ‘TOKYO STORY’

Posted on August 24, 2013 by rinaross

The film group is on holiday so I can come back to my three years old project. This is to consider the old woman in two classic films with the same story. For there is no magic that will draw … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Analysis | Tagged Ageing, daughter, daughter-in-law, death, family, grandmother, intergeneration, make way for tomorrow, mother, mother and son, mother/daughter, old woman, oldwoman/teenager, representation old woman, separation, tokyo story | Leave a comment

MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW (1937)

Posted on June 27, 2013 by rinaross

La cohabitation n’a jamais fait de bien à personne. (my mother) Life flies past us so swiftly that few of us pause to consider those who have lost the tempo of today. Their laughter and their tears we do not even … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, Film Analysis | Tagged Ageing, care home, daughter, daughter-in-law, family, grandmother, grotesque old woman in film, intergeneration, mother/daughter, old woman, oldwoman/teenager, representation old woman, separation, sons and mothers, supernatural | 2 Comments

Haneke’s Amour

Posted on November 29, 2012 by rinaross

I have delayed writing about Amour. Of all the films I have ever seen Amour is the one that has touched me the deepest in my intimate world. I have in the last few years witnessed the slow physical and mental decline and … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing | Tagged Ageing, amour, carer, caring, Haneke, mental disability, separation | 8 Comments

Late Bloomers (2011)

Posted on March 24, 2012 by rinaross

Oh dear. What can I say? Another film that is likely to divide audiences. But in this case as opposed to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel which is a well-directed and structured film with great performances I will express what I … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Analysis | Tagged care home, death, fear of ageing, grandmother, intergeneration, marital conflict, marital reconciliationo, separation | 5 Comments

Old couple

Posted on April 1, 2011 by rinaross

I do not usually comment on films that I have seen only once. I know full well that the immediate response to a film is very subjective and comments are often too biased by ideology and life experience to have any general … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing | Tagged death, mother/daughter, separation, supernatural | Leave a comment