A feel-good little film detailing how little sprinklings of humaneness and liberalism can overcome systemic failures in society and the church.
The film is the journey of the titular character traversing from being stifled for many decades to discovering how to be happy once again.
The ending is seemingly deliberately unrealistically over-optimistic, and that's the point. It is a film designed to lift one's spirits and see the good in the world again.
While certainly not for everyone - for example, it won't be for those who like only realistic dramas and those who strongly adhere to the stringent side of Catholicism - personally, I feel in love with it.
It doesn't overstay its welcome and has a few laugh-out-loud moments too, especially in the opening third. Recommended.
The film is the journey of the titular character traversing from being stifled for many decades to discovering how to be happy once again.
The ending is seemingly deliberately unrealistically over-optimistic, and that's the point. It is a film designed to lift one's spirits and see the good in the world again.
While certainly not for everyone - for example, it won't be for those who like only realistic dramas and those who strongly adhere to the stringent side of Catholicism - personally, I feel in love with it.
It doesn't overstay its welcome and has a few laugh-out-loud moments too, especially in the opening third. Recommended.