Get Low (film)

At the end of the road - a true tall tale is an internationally produced film drama directed by Aaron Schneider from the year 2009.

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Felix Bush is a crotchety old hermit who lives in complete seclusion in a cabin in the woods for 40 years. In the nearby town one tells many stories about him. Felix himself seems an event from the past still not to have processed, for he has nightmares of a burning house and speaks with a picture of a young woman.

In the 1930s, he studied the local priest, puts him in front of a thick wad of cash and asks for a funeral ceremony - but during his lifetime. His suggestion is rejected. The bankrupt funeral director Frank Quinn and his assistant Buddy their chance and offer him their services. Felix Quinn commissioned to organize a big celebration to which everyone is invited who has a story to tell about him. Enthusiastic makes which to work.

Felix accidentally meets Mattie Darrow, whose sister married Mary Lee over 40 years ago had a love affair with Felix. Mary Lee died at that time, however. Together with Quinn and Buddy, he goes through a transformation in the near future, would finally end with his past and receive forgiveness. In a radio broadcast Felix announces addition to the scheduled funeral of a raffle of his land. Everyone who pays five U.S. dollars for one can be the winner. Following this, Quinn can not save them from sacks full of letters with money.

Felix can be of Buddy go to a priest named Charlie Jackson, whose church he built 40 years ago. Buddy is becoming increasingly clear that Felix has surrounded a terrible secret, but wants to reveal not the person involved. Charlie is earnestly asked by Felix to come to his funeral and to tell everything he refuses categorically. But Quinn persuades Charlie later, now the day of the celebration actually arriving.

On that day people flock in masses on Felix's lot. The intended the word to the crowd and tells its own story. As he was then looking into the distance with Mary Lee, he noted that her husband had critically injured with a big hammer. He knocked him down and ran to the dying love. Meanwhile, her husband threw a kerosene lamp against the wall, so that the house caught fire. After Felix has bent over Mary Lee, he received a blow to the head and fell from the window to the outside where he then brought to safety. He feels up now responsible for the entire fact, since he had the affair with Mary Lee never allowed to begin. Since then, he punished himself, while living as a hermit. Finally, he asks all those present for forgiveness.

The draw his tenure is performed. Shortly after the event dies Felix. He is buried in a very small circle.

Criticism

" An exciting film, which maintains good thanks to good actors and a clever script, but much loses its appeal when the mystery of the main character is revealed. "

" Earned movie people of the older generation enjoy carefully drawn and never the limit for cartoon -border character roles in this gnarly, but good-humored and complex contrived American Gothic Hinterwaldtragikomödie, which is based in the rest on a real and medially also widely publicized incident. Robert Duvall works with 80, as if he could pull young trees, Bill Murray steals the show yet as Quinn and Lucas Black ( Jarhead ) manages the feat, not fade in this context. First choice for movie lovers. "

2009 in film Screenplay Film score Scott Cooper (director) Bankruptcy Enthusiasm
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