3º – Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, 1952)
After discovering that his life is condemned due to a health problem, a middle-aged man, wrapped in an insipid routine, decides to rethink all his moral and ethical constructions of his trajectory, opting to take advantage of his last moments in the most intense way possible. Fragmented into two stories, one before and after the death of man, ‘Ikiru’ works under the conceptualization of life for a superficial and harmful society.
2º – Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
An old man has to leave his house to see an event in which the child will attend. On the way to the place, in the company of his daughter-in-law, the man has to deal with a journey through the intricacies of his life, his past, beginning to begin a cathartic relationship between his thoughts and the world. Shocking by the density of what is exposed, the film is a study of man’s erratic ties to life. ‘Wild Strawberries’ is perhaps the most detailed film of the traditional concepts of Bergman’s filmography, such as life, death, religion, corrupted family ties, and existential emptiness.
1º – The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky, 2008)
A middle-aged wrestler has to retire from the ring after discovering he has a serious heart problem. Far from the rings, life for man presents itself as rustic, with sad family problems, damned love relationships and a destructive social siege, forcing the man to follow his instincts and return to the ring for a final event. The film’s masterpiece, “The Wrestler” is a movie that will certainly tear you away in its execution, bringing a story that studies the erratic bonds contained in a society, and enhances the aspect of passion and pleasure at instances of the world.
