The Untouchable

Yesterday i saw a great movie  - The Untouchable, actually this month was quite successful for good movies, for the whole last year i watched only around 5 high quality plot films, instead already this January I happened to watch The Iron Lady, The Cloud Atlas, The Artist and now The Untouchable. The latter is a French movie Intouchables, it is a very touching and refined movie, but not the one that makes you feel sad, vice versa it gives you the understanding how beautiful and valuable the life is, and that there is always a place for happiness and love in your life even if you had an accident and your whole body remained paralyzed from the neck and down... it also shows what a great courage you should have to continue to live day after day without giving up to depression, being bound to a wheelchair...  This movie also opens the argument of the pity to handicapped people, who are in real life usually treated with pity, instead of being treated like normal people so that they can forget at least for an instant what happened to them... that's why the two men soon became friends, despite the social, educational and economic differences, because they made each other feel normal and equal. The story is also full of humor, the roles are excellently played by actors...

I love Paris!!!!!!!

As I already wrote in previous post, my trip to Paris was in September, there were some sunny days, but I had the chance to experience rainy day also, and as everybody knows Paris in rain has its own charm))) it is quite fascinating to walk under umbrella along the streets, bridges, embankment of Paris, especially when it becomes dark and all the lights are on, with the wet roads reflecting them, you feel like a character of some movie about Paris))

pont alexandre III

Anyway, the half of the rainy day I spent in the Louvre, and when i say the half of the day, i do not exaggerate, as you really need minimum 4-5 hours to spend there if you want to have just a quick look at what it contains, and if you want to have also an excursion with a guide, who will explain everything about all the items present in the Louvre, it takes time....

Street Musicians

In the past i never paid attention to street musicians in my city, or while travelling... i mean i do love music, different kinds, it is just that i never noticed street musicians or thought of them consciously, even when i stopped in the street to listen to their performance. But when i went to Paris, i guess my expectations were to hear typical french music everywhere in the streets, maybe because in every movie about France and especially about Paris you can hear this music:) anyway, my trip to Paris was in september, and it was not hot already, but i can't say that it was cold also, but surely it was very quiet, and at that moment i understood how street musicians are important... only when i felt their lack, i learned to appreciate their work. I should also admit that French melodic language was like a music for me, it is very captivating the way parisians speak, i guess when i finish to learn Italian language, the French one will be the next)))

At the end, i did find one street musician in Latin quarter, who played accordion, and it was like a balsam for the soul))) after that trip to Paris i promised myself that i will always give some money to the street musicians, whose performance i like, because if each person who likes the performance puts even a coin in a hat of musicians, they will never disappear from the streets, it is like to pay for listening to your favorite music when you walk in the streets:) 

new era B.G.

I feel real adrenaline when i see videos like this one.... I haven't even realized how much information is passing through us, we do have now an unlimited access to information,  compared to a century ago, or even 50, 20, 7 years ago... Really, how we were able to live without Google, who did we ask all our questions???  

A Fine Balance

A very interesting book, which describes the life of people in India in the times of Indira Gandhi ruling. it describes the life story of several characters from different backgrounds, whose destinies intertwined in The Emergency period. it is also a very psychological tale, as it shows how different people cope with difficulties, and in some cases tragic events, in their life in different ways. Rohinton Mistry reveals a variety of topics, such as religion, politics, destiny, faith, love, friendship, compassion... it was a pleasure to read this novel, i found it very touching, fascinating, the one that leaves a sign in you, and that gives you a food for thought...

i loved the ending of this book, it reminded me that many times we interpret people's behavior and feelings in a wrong way, we think that in this situation they feel what we would feel if we were in this situation, instead it is not so, not at all... sometimes we feel compassion for people who maybe are happier than we are...