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He left behind his passwords.
I think it was intentional.
Each movement of the film opens up a new world, and each is affecting in its own way.
All dreams go up in smoke, were told.
All thoughts turn dark.
Some send poems, songs, long essays, and remembrances.
At first, the parents assume these are just random, anonymous well-wishers.
The observations are funny, irreverent, heartfelt.
Mats talks about missing out on the 1980s with its silly fashions and interesting music.
And he talks about his computer games.
Its not a screen; its a gateway to wherever your heart desires, he observes.
I pump up the music and I leave this world behind.
And now, Ree drops the hammer.
Its a huge aesthetic gamble.
The animations inIbelinare artful and not over-the-top.
So we meet Rumour, a.k.a.
We also meet another woman, Reike, a.k.a.
Xenia-Anni Nielsen, who confided to Ibelin that she was having difficulty communicating with her autistic son.
Ree is a master of documenting the imagined possible, of lives half-lived.
We never get what we want out of life, but what we want never feels that far away.
Ibelinis an overwhelming film, ugly tears all the way down.
