The Five Senses (1999)
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Duration: 106 minuten
Country:
Canada
Directed by: Jeremy Podeswa
Stars: Mary-Louise Parker, Daniel MacIvor and Molly Parker
IMDb score:
6,7 (3.208)
Releasedate: 18 May 1999
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Actors and actresses
Rona
Gail
Raymond
Rupert
Roberto
Rachel Seraph
Robert
Anna Miller
Ruth Seraph
Rebecca
Reviews & comments
Yak
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- 4950 messages
- 829 votes
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! Love stories captured from real life. Beautifully developed characters, beautifully intertwined storylines, this film is pure enjoyment. The ending, where Roberto sits amidst the candles waiting for Rona, is an emotional highlight. 4.5*
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Freud
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- 10772 messages
- 1153 votes
A beautiful film about the relationship between emotions and perception. The five characters, each with their own "sense," are original and amusingly found. The characters are all emotionally closed off and averse to "normal" communication channels (also known as chatter 
), but each uses one of their senses to an extreme extent to connect with the outside world (and that contact usually remains one-way, further closing them off). In a way, these people strongly remind me of François Ozon's characters, which perhaps also explains why it's hard to empathize, which is always the case with him 
. This theme runs throughout the film (sometimes more, sometimes less) and I found it extremely captivating. Besides that, it's also simply an enjoyable film with good and often funny dialogue, a certain tension, and many human situations. It fits in with many solid, contemporary films from Italy or Spain, but it distinguishes itself through its original theme and believability (it never becomes a freak show, although it's sometimes close). Recommended, 4 stars.
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