sweet little screenplay & acting exercise. aesthetically this could easily be TV fare but the story of a dad that wants to die and his daughter not accepting this loss - technically still preventable - is a special tale keeping your attention throughout, also thanks to Julia Akkermans and her quirky, feisty, sympathetic character. a cute yet tragic little story about suicide, loss and grieving.

Stel je voor je gaat dood en je laatste maaltijd is kwark

-why?
-i told you, i'm done living.

[spoilers]

the melancholy of a final goodbye - even when expected, stings no less, though perhaps even more. time is never enough; no amount of preparation can ease the sorrow. but if there is any comfort from the inevitability of the pink moon which comes for us all, it is that we have had a chance for one last farewell, and a semblance of closure which we will desperately need.  we grieve because we love, and this is why we say goodbye.

-you need to let me go

23-10-23

Pink Moon gives a voice to those older folks who might want to keep their lives under their own control before it is too late and they’re too old to avoid a painful death in the future. it’s a complicated question, the film tries to ask you.

in a weird way, this is the Dutch answer to Bulworth - which means it's very strange and very funny, though the latter depends on how morbid you happen to be; favorite one sheet art of the year so far, too

That hangover meal of a medium coffee and 2 buckets of KFC chicken must have gone straight to my heart.

This is just an incredibly warm story about family members at different stages of life discovering whether, why, and for how long they want to live.

The last 15 minutes are a one-take marvel.

I loved it completely, and it feels destined for an Oscar-bait remake starring Brie Larson and Robert De Niro in 2 or 3 years.

incredible execution and handling of such a delicate and dark topic!

hidden gem

Slachtstraat stond blank door m'n tranen

Pink Moon? I didn't understand the title, so I googled:

In astrology, the pink moon in April, the first full moon of the new astrological year, is taking place in Libra, which will force us reexamine our connections. "It really is about balancing the energy that we put on ourselves and our relationships,"

This film has a good premise, though I think it might end up prone to feeling like it doesn't do anything terribly profound with it. To me, that's kind of the point though. Death doesn't ever become bearable. There's no moment of perfect clarity. The second half of the runtime maybe didn't do as much as I was expecting when I was getting there, but that might be for the better in a certain sense, even if I was a little underwhelmed.

I saw this in the cinema waiting patiently for Pink Moon by Nick Drake to play and as an hour and 35 minutes went by I was left disappointed. The film itself made up for it though, an intimate and heartwarming dramedy about a subject that isn’t talked often enough given how intriguing it is.