Madly in Life

What if sudden changes reverse children and parents upside down? Sixty something Suzanne can’t live alone any longer. Her current health condition demands for carefully devoted daycare. She feels perfectly normal and prefers to discover joys of life more than ever before, when quickly progressing dementia breaks all wishful thinking.

Loving couple Alex and Noemie exercise themselves to welcome their first child, but family’s dreams must be put on hold, while grown-up kid Suzanne creates hardly controllable mess at home and around. Desired and imagined parenthood is tested by hilarious, sorrowful, provocative surprises of stubbornly creative mother of Alex.

Charismatic Jo Deseure is powerful in a leading role of energetic lady with a fatal neurodegenerative illness. Experienced Belgian portrays psychologically challenged woman in a deeply touching, wise and sensible way. She had permission to freely improvise unscripted scenes, you may think. Organically authentic situations most likely were written after detailed rehearsals.

Since 2007 Sirot & Balboni made several visionary shorts together. With deserved appreciation they grew up to develop imaginatively stylish and blackly humourous approach for dramatic comedy about insane challenges of parenting, moral issues and inspirational senses of responsibility. Behind daring jokes serious topics are hidden.

Edvinas Pukšta