Nine Lives (2005)
Nine uninterrupted lives… the key word here is “uninterrupted”. The continuity and the flow of the stories give the audience the feeling of reality, the notion that you are there with all the characters (even if you do not identify with any of them) exactly at those moments. You just feel connected to them.
Of course the acting is perfect, but better than that… natural. Some are well known like Robin Wright Penn, Holly Hunter, Glenn Close, and Dakota Fanning. But none of the actors / actresses stand out, allowing one to concentrate on the story told through them.
And the single takes are especially successful, attaining the atmosphere of integrity; but they are also barely noticeable at the same time, because you feel so deep into the stories.
Surprisingly directed by a male director, Rodrigo García, who is the son of the Colombian Nobel winner writer Gabriel García Márquez. He apparently has a talent to dig to the core of human soul, “Nine Lives” has touched my heart.
Overall, this is one of those films which leave you with an awareness, a sense of being… a film that does not necessarily entertain you but somehow leaves you changed.
