Peaceful (2022)
Peaceful
”A man with an incurable illness and his mother learn to accept their fate with love and empathy.”
Available at home
Rent or Buy
&plat_logo=https://media.filmelier.com/images/plataformas/icone_mobile/365599cc6c68bb404af36411d40a866c.png&link=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fmovie%2Fpeaceful%2Fid1633993468%3Fat%3D1000loWU%26mt%3D6 "Apple TV (iTunes)")
Trailer
Why watch this film?
The legendary Catherine Deneuve co-stars in this drama about accepting a harsh truth that can't be changed but can be processed differently. A man suffers from an incurable illness and walks a path of love and empathy alongside his mother. Benoît Magimel gives an outstanding performance in Mientras Esté Vivo, earning him two awards in France for Best Actor: the César and the Lumière.
Filmelier
Our suggestions
A son in denial of a serious illness. A mother facing the unbearable. And between them a doctor and a nurse fighting to do their job and help them find acceptance. The four of them have one year and four seasons to come together and understand what it means to die while living.
To share
Do you want to watch something different?
Watch full movies now!
Press play and be surprised!
Where to watch?
Available at home
From the same director
150 Milligrams
This is a true story, the story of the drug Mediator, which caused at least 500 deaths in France, now brilliantly adapted for a modern audience by director Emmanuelle Bercot. The case has yet to be resolved in court, but '150 Milligrams' brings a bit of justice to those who have worked hard to prevent further deaths.
Standing Tall
A touching movie, depicting a story that happens hundreds, thousands of times every day. Rod Paradot is electric onscreen, playing a young man who is a true explosion of emotion and desires.
On My Way
The strength of the movie lies in the performance of Catherine Deneuve, an icon of French cinema. Watching 'Ela Vai' is, more than anything else, a tribute to the actress's work, as well as a story that inevitably touches the older audience. The story is starring Bettie, a woman already in her 60s who goes through financial and romantic difficulties but decides to hit the road to overcome it all. The direction is by Emmanuelle Bercot, who has accumulated good works in front and behind the cameras - it is hers, for example, '150 Milligrams'.
Drama
Totem
When it comes to personal pain, Mexican cinema tends to lean too much towards exaggerated melodrama, or towards the most mediocre miserabilism. With Totem, Mexican filmmaker Lila Avilés (awarded at the Morelia Film Festival for both this film and The Chambermaid) reminds us that there is another path: one of understanding, acceptance, and feeling. This is precisely what she invites us to do through the story of Sol (Naíma Sentíes), a little girl who gathers with her family to celebrate her father's birthday (Mateo García), who is too ill to attend the party. With great scriptwriting and a camera that is both furtive and complicit, Avilés' gaze infiltrates the bittersweet intimacy of a family united by imminent pain, gradually revealing, with compassion, the ways in which each person faces it.
Toll
Suellen, a toll booth attendant, uses her job to help a gang of thieves steal watches so that she can afford to send her son to a gay conversion workshop.
Hard Days
Between Christmas and New Year's Eve, on December 29th, detective Yuji Kudo drives his car to visit his mother, who is hospitalized with a serious health problem. On the way, he receives a call from the commissioner inquiring about his involvement in the creation of a secret fund, just as he learns that his mother has passed away. Yuji then accidentally hits a man with his car, who dies instantly. It's at this point that the protagonist, in the hospital, tries to cover up the death of the man he ran over by placing his corpse in his mother's coffin. Hard Days, an unlikely Japanese dramatic thriller, depicts the consequences of Yuji's decision, as he grapples with a series of mistakes stemming from his bizarre choices while under investigation. With a strange and tense, yet emotional atmosphere, the feature showcases the skill of filmmaker Michihito Fujii, who knows how to blend genres in a film full of improbabilities but true.
Monster
With films like Shoplifters and Broker (among many others), Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda is a master at telling stories of complex morality, where the truth is never simple, and answers navigate through all shades of gray. Monster is another great demonstration of this (the film won Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival 2023). Its plot begins with a mother concerned about her son's strange recent behavior, and after investigating, she begins to fear that he is being abused by a school teacher. However, as the plot unfolds, we witness all the elements that complicate and entangle the truth hidden behind. Monster is the kind of film that deeply moves and invites reflection on the ways we relate to—and judge—those around us.
