Forever

Death, beauty and the persistence of art are the vast topics addressed in “Forever,” Heddy Honigmann’s frustrating documentary set mainly in Père-Lachaise, the cosmopolitan Paris necropolis where artists including Proust, Chopin, Ingres, Maria Callas and what’s-his-rock-star from the Doors are buried. Ms. Honigmann interviews people paying homage at the graves of the famous and the not famous.

Heddy Honigmann's poetic documentary "Forever" takes place in Paris' famed Père-Lachaise cemetery, final home to scores of renowned writers, artists and musicians. But the movie's subject is beautifully intangible: the consoling, regenerative power of art. As Honigmann gently engages with a variety of quiet worshipers -- the melancholy pianist for whom a stop at Chopin's grave is a way to honor the [...] Vai alla recensione »