5 Movies That Will Open Your Mind
We need to get out of our routine every now and then to connect with the creativity that our daily lives sometimes take away from us. Going to a museum, going to a concert or seeing an interesting exhibition can also help free us from the stress that accumulates during the week.
While we may not have the resources or time to do these activities on a regular basis, most of us do have access to the Internet and TV so they can watch a good movie.
For me personally, watching a movie that has been recommended to me or that I’ve wanted to see for a while boosts my mood. It still makes me happy when I see a new movie, because for many, movies are magic on a screen.
These five movies will open your mind and soul.
Amour by Michael Haneke
Amour by the great Austrian director Michael Haneke, is a love story, but the protagonists suffer from a degenerative disease.
The husband tries to do as much as possible so that his wife leads a dignified life. It will remind you of The Notebook , but dare I say the quality and truth of the characters is beyond compare.
In the film we see true love, as in the scenes where we see the suffering and pain of watching someone you love suffer. It presents universal dilemmas such as the right to deal with a situation over which we have no control, at the end of our lives.
The film focuses on the importance of the small details and how the simplest memories are the ones that come back towards the end of our lives. The ending is an allegory about death, poetry and generosity that will surely move you.
In the House by François Ozon
This film is quite recent, but has already received a lot of good reviews where it has been seen. At first glance the film seems simple, but the complexity increases, leaving you confused and not knowing what is going to happen.
It tells the story of a student’s relationship with his teacher, a student from a troubled family, and an environment that does not encourage interest in literature. The student surprises the teacher with the stories he brings to school and then the relationship starts to become obsessive.
In addition to this student-teacher relationship, other stories develop and their bond extends beyond this educational relationship. Through his student’s stories, the teacher sees similarities with what he himself experienced at a certain point in his life (he is a failed writer and his marriage is full of secrets).
Doctor Zhivago by David Lean
Doctor Zhivago is a classic. If you’ve already seen it, consider watching it again, as you’re guaranteed to see different things in it from when you first saw it, depending on what stage of your life you’re in. And if you haven’t seen it yet, go do it. It’s a must see. It is pure poetry on the silver screen.
The film is set during the Russian Revolution against the Tsars. The two protagonists are Yuri Zhivago and Lara, two lovers during a bad period, made even more difficult by the fact that they are both married to another person.
Lara is a woman who seems very innocent, but she is not – she is passionate and leads a complicated life. Yuri Zhivago on the other hand is part of the closed society of the higher circles. He is a man who reflects noble principles… but for love he must question those principles.
Even the dialogue in the film, the images and the dilemmas that the characters go through, show the existentialism of the best Russian writers.
The 400 Blows by François Truffaut
In The 400 Blows , the French director Truffaut pays tribute to the film, with capital letters. He takes us to 1950s Paris to tell the dramatic story of Antoine, a child who goes from one problem to another trying to escape the endless institutional mistakes and a hostile family situation.
His mother becomes pregnant, making her involuntarily a single mother. Later she has many different partners and Antoine is ignored and despised and thinks that he is the cause of all the problems.
Antoine goes through many hard and unjust situations, but his positive attitude ensures that he makes something of his life, despite his bad start.
Cache by Michael Haneke
I’ll show you another movie by Michael Haneke, Caché . The existential analysis of the film and the way it invites the viewer through winks and camera games is total psychology.
The protagonist George begins to receive strange videotapes that indicate that someone is watching his home and family. Every time the tapes and drawings get weirder and he doesn’t understand it.
Gradually he begins to see the connections. In this film , he wants to clarify the idea that everything you do in your life is absorbed by the minds of others, even if it is not recorded by your own. Perhaps because many of us want to suppress the things we don’t like.
If you go and watch these five movies that will open your mind and soul, you will not be disappointed. The movies can teach us a lot and arouse a lot of intense emotions.
