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They literally made time fly by.
It happened on the nearly ten-hour flight that brought me back to Calgary from Barcelona (thanks, West Jet!).
The magic of cinema not only kept me distracted while I was there, confined to my seat (with my wine, of course), but I also learned and found something inspiring in each of these three stories.
The first:
“Everything is Going to Be Great.”
A couple and their two young children, despite financial difficulties, pursue their dream of making it in the theater world. In the end, each one finds their own voice.
The second:
Brazilian, “Ainda Estou Aqui” (I’m Still Here).
It tells the story of a family in Rio de Janeiro in the 1960s and 1970s, during the military dictatorship in Brazil. A story of love and perseverance about a mother of five whose husband was arrested and disappeared for allegedly conspiring.
The third: “1917.”
Based on true events, it deals with a heroic mission assigned to two British soldiers during the First World War.
I insist on the magic of cinema.
At least for a few hours, one escapes the brutal reality that sometimes suffocates, and one emerges comforted when, after all the hardship, injustice, and war, goodness and truth ultimately triumph.
The utopian idea is renewed: that a world where values like compassion, brotherhood, and love could finally prevail could be possible.
We landed in Calgary.
The plane, and my cinematic adventures.
The protagonist of the first film was right when he repeated to his children, amidst financial difficulties, “there are many ways to be rich.”
Traveling is one of them. (Although this particular trip wasn’t for tourism.)
They say that traveling is the only activity where one spends money to become richer.
Very true, but…
What a great pleasure it is to return home!
My true richness.
