Robert Abele
The Los Angeles Times
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 music-loving father she lost, an Iranian taxi driver who feels a deep connection to Persian writer Sadegh Hedayat, a South Korean man in awe of Proust, the cemetery tour guide moved by a forgotten poet's lonely, faded tomb -- she achieves something serenely powerful about human perspectives on death, life and immortality. [...]
di Robert Abele, articolo completo (1197 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 4 aprile 2008
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