Julia Reichert, who passed away after a long battle with cancer in 2022, recounts the path she took to becoming an acclaimed filmmaker: her upbringing and education, and her interest in working people and the women's movement.
This is not a large scale multi-million dollar epic of World War Two. No thousands of extras, no wide panoramic sweep of battle scenes. This says more about The Battle of the Bulge than the movie of the same name. It's just an ordinary black and white M
How would you deal with the unexpected diagnosis that three of your four children will be severely visually impaired due to an untreatable genetic condition? Edith Lemay and Sebastian Pelletier dream up something they can do for their children: let them see as much of the world as possible before the inevitable occurs. The six of them draw up a bucket list. It includes everything from a safari, horseback-riding and eating ice cream, to “drinking fruit juice on a camel.”
The filmmakers follow the family on this unforgettable journey that takes them across the globe and around the world. The film seamlessly blends intimate family home videos with breathtaking, observational verité, telling the family’s story with gentle grace.
As splendid as their adventure is, concerns about the future surface: it starts getting difficult for the young ones to play football in the evening light, and when night falls while they're stuck in a cable car, everyone realizes that another, similar darkness is not far away.
