If you loved Simple Simon, try Mr. Ove
Un ponte tra un film che hai già visto e uno che quasi nessuno ha incrociato. Questo è ciò che condividono, e ciò che il secondo fa che il primo non fa.
Cosa condividono
Theyboth carry the foreign gem, tender mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Simple Simon, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Mr. Ove is
Here's a film that thinks it knows how to thaw a grumpy old man. Ove is a widower maintaining a tight grip on his neighborhood. But his routine is disrupted when a young family moves in next door and their matriarch runs over his mailbox. It's manipulative, but it works.

