Forever (2006)
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89% of critics liked it
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Filmmaker Heddy Honigmann takes an up-close look at one of the world's most famous cemeteries in this documentary exploring Père-Lachaise -- the eternal resting ground of such world-renowned artists as Jim Morrison, Piaf, Chopin, and Proust. Despite the fact that they may be home to a variety of… More Filmmaker Heddy Honigmann takes an up-close look at one of the world's most famous cemeteries in this documentary exploring Père-Lachaise -- the eternal resting ground of such world-renowned artists as Jim Morrison, Piaf, Chopin, and Proust. Despite the fact that they may be home to a variety of well-known artists, composers, and musicians, the lavish grounds of Père-Lachaise are also occupied by a number of lesser-known figures whose once-strong fan bases have since died down as the proliferation and popularity of the departed eventually waned. Still, thousands of people continue to visit Père-Lachaise each and every year, and whether it be the fan who shows up to place a flower on the grave of the artist who inspired them or the little old ladies who tend to the graves and ensure that the grounds don't fall to ruin, these quiet visitors open up to the camera to provide an intimate look at the meaning of immortality in a world where death waits for no one. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Heddy Honigmann
- Written By
- Heddy Honigmann, Ester Gould
- Genres
- Documentary, Musical & Performing Arts, Art House & International, Special Interest
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 12, 2007 Limited
- Studio
- First Run/Icarus Films
Critic Reviews
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Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune
This is a film, then, about a place of death giving meanings for life.
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
What we see in Heddy Honigmann's understated, touching documentary are the ways that people reach out to the abstract.
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Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Honigmann develops, with deceptive casualness, a few unforgettable character studies and one of the purest, most moving motion pictures of the year.
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Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
Achieves something more resonant than a Solemn Affirmation of the Immortal Spirit of Art.
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John Anderson, Newsday
Honigmann's subtle asides -- moody cuts to mournful statuary, insects crawling over tombs -- all speak to her art-is-immortal theme.
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