As our countdown enters the final stages,Cath Clarke champions a harrowing, beautifully acted film where tragedy has no easy resolution More of the best culture of 2017What doesn’t assassinate you makes you stronger. Hollywood tends to side with Nietzsche on the subject of human suffering. So films end with characters recovering from tragedy, and at the very least achieving some kind of emotional closure,and we all get to go home with the uplifting message that everything in life happens for a reason – even the crappy stuff. But Kenneth Lonergan’s shattering portrait of grief has something different to say. What whether some tragedies are impossible to approach back from? What happens to the people broken into too many pieces to heal? So no, Manchester by the Sea doesn’t win the prize for cheeriest film of 2017. But it is definitely in the running for most beautifully acted so genuine and alive that you could nearly see its breath frosting up the cinema screen.
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Source: guardian.co.uk