Watch: Past Life 2016 123movies, Full Movie Online – The year is 1977, and no female has ever been a renowned classical music composer. Sephi Milch, a very determined and talented young woman, aspires to a career as a classical composer, but she knows the odds are against her. In spite of this, she is dead set on changing the course of history and succeeding in the male-dominated classical music world. Her struggle with the burden of history is not only limited to her artistic life – as the daughter of troubled Holocaust survivors, she also has to deal with a sudden revelation from the past that threatens to tear her family apart. Nana Milch – Sephi’s older sister and bitter rival, a scandal sheet journalist and an aspiring playwright – considers this startling revelation an opportunity to free herself from the stranglehold of her parents’ past. Sephi is weary of her sister’s tendency to look for trouble, but in this case she has no choice but to join Nana’s quest for the truth. 1977 is the year Egyptian president Sadat decided to break the shackles of history and bravely embark on a peace process. In many ways this is exactly what the two sisters need to do, as they travel throughout Europe, bent on uncovering the past and getting to the truth behind their parents’ darkest secret. As the two are inevitably drawn into an emotional roller coaster ride, they discover that freedom bears an exacting price, as does the struggle to liberate one’s unique artistic voice..
Plot: Two Israeli sisters delve into the dark mystery of their father’s former life in Poland during World War II.
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worthy production
The Holocaust portrayed through the eyes of producer’s relative based on actual events. Philosophical questions remains unanswered at the end : what is moral ? is it relative ? can we forgive ? Narrative beautifully evolves with the sound track. In the background, actual political events establish present.
An Inconsistent Melodrama
For me, Past Life was generally far too melodramatic for modern audiences. It also felt tonally inconsistent in a very odd way, which generally undercut the story as a whole. I’d blame the director. Even if it is a reflection of the source material, the director’s job is to figure out what story he’s telling, and I don’t think this director ever quite figured that out.On the positive side, the lead actress was strong and appealing; the production values were high; and if you like choral singing, there was a lot of it. And the story moved along without slow spots.
On the negative side, the movie was eliciting odd reactions from me. A character intended to be nice and sympathetic and possibly romantic came across as a young Nosferatu. The girl’s mother was always looming silently in the background, wringing her hands, occasionally with a nosebleed.
The movie had a number of shocks and revelations, but they were not generally that shocking or revelatory. There were endless crises: a medical crisis! A search through archives, but we’re running out of time! An imagining someone naked scene, and on and on. A lot of shouting and hysteria. Overall, the movie just felt forced.
There were other annoyances. Much was made of a “diary” written by the father. On the first entry, “1 September 1939”, he writes about events to come over the next five years. Sorry, that’s not a diary. (Perhaps the subtitler ought to have chosen the word memoir, but it was grating.)
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 49 min (109 min)
Budget 0
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Status Released
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Genre Drama
Director Avi Nesher
Writer Avi Nesher
Actors Nelly Tagar, Joy Rieger, Doron Tavory
Country Israel, Poland
Awards 6 nominations
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Sound Mix D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
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