Netherlands
2009
Starring: Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Lois de Jong, and Tygo Gernandt
Awards: Nominated for Best Cinematography at Camerimage and for the Dutch Film Critics Award at the Netherlands Film Festival
Life in One Day is a unique movie. At first I thought that it might have followed the storyline of a movie called Wristcutters, though it did show a small resemblance the movie was far from what I anticipated.
This independent film from the Netherlands explores love and relationships through experiences that take place in two parallel worlds. One world is nearly the same as the other with a couple major differences; if one were to pick at some of the possibilities of the "alternate" world there are some fundamental issues that could be addressed, but the fact of the matter is that movies are a vehicle, a image if you will, from someone's mind as it imagines the possibilities and impossibilities in life and creates stories. Het Leven Uit Een Dag is no exception. This movie started out a little twisted, but surprised me as it continued. The plot flows smoothly throughout the movie. I am most positive I would thoroughly enjoy the movie in its native language.
The plot is that of two lovers who desire the impossible and strive towards it; this impossible being eternal love. The story flows along this line all the way through. There is quite a bit of eroticism, nudity, and sex through the movie - go Europeans. How can one have an eternal love without considering sex and nudity in the relationship? Through the exploration of life and satisfaction this movie journeys through situations ironically humorous and sad at the same time.
Het Leven Uit Een Dag, Life in One Day, was worth seeing once. I enjoyed the movie enough that I came back and finished watching it; dread the movies that I can not do that with.
Quote: In the world where I was born, life lasts one day. One day in which you experience everything only once.
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