This is one of the best movies about the life and the secret to be happy, a great screenplay supported by a well-selected cast. The film opens with the lives of few people: a young lawyer, a sweet cleaning girl, a stressed businessman, a teacher and his wife... Everyone is desperately searching for the meaning of their lives and how to be happy, after some accidents which linked them to each other. The life of every character has, at one point, a kind of connection with the others. Those unexpected moments are the lead subject of this brilliant film. Well directed and performed, "13 Conversations about one thing" has also a great film editing (the story is composed by 13 arguments), a soft score and a good cinematography. The sound editing is interesting, completely different from Hollywood standard, as in the scene of the car accident at the beginning, without sophisticated and spectacular sound effects and orchestral musical. Clea DuVall, one of the best new Hollywood stars, gives a strong performance as Beatrice, the cleaning girl. Great work from Alan Arkin, John Turturro and Matthew McConaughey, too. Fine job from Amy Irving in a minor role, as Turturro's sad wife. One of the best scenes of the film is that where the fired man comforts the man who fired him... A really amusing scene. A really, wonderful film.
Review of 13 Conversations About One Thing
