The film directed by Mark Foster, which arrived in cinemas in Romania extremely quickly, is the second adaptation of the bestseller A man named Uwe thanks to the Swedish writer Fredrik Backman. The novel was published in 2012, was translated into Romanian, published and republished twice in Art.

Mark Foster’s film with the huge Tom Hanks as the cantankerous Otto, the American version of Otto, who, in retirement, decides to take his own life, convinced that there is nothing left for him to do after the death of his wife Sonia, comes out 7 years later. based on the Swedish script directed by Hannes Holm. Screenwriters David Magee and Mark Foster made some changes to the novel before it was translated into a film. So Uwe is now called Otto, a reason for pride, curiosity, amusement and even innocent jokes, but also a great lesson in acting as Tom Hanks plays what in English is called spellingthe Iranian woman who was among those who foil his suicide plans has turned Mexican, so now her name is Marisol, and Mariana Treviño plays her wonderful role.

So, Otto comes home angry from the retirement ceremony. Angry at the ceremony or at the hypocrisy of colleagues? It is about a ceremony that he did not want and left – how else? – without slamming the door. Lately this is his habit. He refuses all utilities one by one, asks suppliers to disconnect him from heat, electricity, telephone and prepares his rope very carefully. A person who until then properly processed all the garbage, separated it according to all the rules, who conscientiously swept the snow in front of the house, who got angry every time he discovered a violation of traditional rules, who repeated until Fed up with the fact that everyone around him was an idiot, he did not could consciously move to another world without textbook training. But, alas!, the rope gives out, the suicide fails, as do subsequent attempts. Because according to the old series, at the last minute someone either rings the doorbell, or reaches out to a suicidal person, or asks Otto for help, or wants to borrow who knows what household item from an apparently impossible neighbor, or because Otto notices that someone else is planning a scam.

At first, Otto mocks, refuses any communication, constantly saying that he has a lot of work. And he really has, and Marisol and her family especially convince him of this.

This is how the plot of A man named Otto we can conclude that the film is a good comedy. And it really is. One even rated it a 10. But the film is much more than that. This is the story of the life of a sensitive man, functionally good, in love with his wife until the end of the world. Possessively present in his life even after death. Sonia was only a voice in the novel, a voice that Otto does not want his head covered by other voices. In the film, he gets a face thanks to actress Rachel Keller. A man named Otto it is a drama of two men who stayed together as they vowed to each other. Until death do them part. And even after that. The memories of Otto’s youth (played by Truman Hanks, Tom’s son), the intersection of voices, memories, repetition of everything that was once beautiful, are extremely moving. A beautiful thing that made Otto and Sonya move on. Even after that, due to an accident, Sonya lost the expected child and remained confined to a wheelchair. Grumpy’s rebirth of humanity is also touching. Playing with Marisol’s children, quasi-adopting Sonya’s former student, rescuing his wife’s friend from eviction, disposing of an unused crib given as a gift to people who restored Otto’s zest for life. Read the whole article and comment on Contributors.ro