Nov. 30, 2018
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The End of Life Party
This 1969 film that spoke to Soviets about vulnerability, the masculinity paradox, empathy, and multiculturalism.
I often find myself on YouTube playing the final scene from the 1969 Soviet movie Ne Goryui! (Cheer Up!). In this scene, an elderly doctor, Levan, invites his entire neighborhood for an End of Life party. He cannot recover after his daughter passes away during childbirth. Her love life had put him in a difficult spot and he never […]
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