2021 · drama
Peaceful
Directed by Emmanuelle Bercot2h 0m2021
A son in denial of a serious illness. A mother facing the unbearable. And between them a doctor fighting to do his job and bring them to acceptance. The three of them have one year and four seasons to come together and understand what it means to die while living.
Our read: Peaceful (2021) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- heavy
- measured
- tender
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