Dreaming of Lions
as a person who struggles with mental health issues for decades, i find this so frustrating. it does have some occasional sharp and truly wicked moments here and there -- mostly thanks to fraga's moving performance --, but it's just a missed opportunity of tackling such a poignant debate -- why should people be forced to live a life they don't want to; why shouldn't we be able to choose the way we leave this world; we don't decide to be brought into this world, so why don't we have agency over the way we depart from it; we don't talk enough about death, not to mention the state's role in it. annoyingly self-conscious, not just because of breaking the fourth wall, and with a shocking lack of imagination.
Mini Review: as a person who struggles with mental health issues for decades, i find this so frustrating. it does have some occasional sharp and truly wicked moments here and there -- mostly thanks to fraga's moving performance --, but it's just a missed opportunity of tackling such a poignant debate -- why should people be forced to live a life they don't want to; why shouldn't we be able to choose the way we leave this world; we don't decide to be brought...
