A film about friendship, ritual of special day, neighbors and isolation in past. And a death. All, arounf chess game.
The white- black image, the small details, from tea, biscuits, glasses with wine , the young lady playing at flute, the talk between venerable men, the old photos are pieces making this film just special. Because, in wise manner, it does not a story, in proper sense, but a state defined by gestures, reactions, jokes, forms of refuge and a form of wake up.
In short, bitter - beautiful, eulogy of life, fresco of lonleness, hommage to friendship, example of fair - precise melancholia and definition of oldness..
The white- black image, the small details, from tea, biscuits, glasses with wine , the young lady playing at flute, the talk between venerable men, the old photos are pieces making this film just special. Because, in wise manner, it does not a story, in proper sense, but a state defined by gestures, reactions, jokes, forms of refuge and a form of wake up.
In short, bitter - beautiful, eulogy of life, fresco of lonleness, hommage to friendship, example of fair - precise melancholia and definition of oldness..