For 80 Days

I just saw this outstanding film at the World Film Festival in Montreal. It received a well-deserved, spontaneous applause from the audience. I saw 10 films at the festival, from all over the world, and this one was the highlight.The script is not obvious, and takes its time developing the story, of the renewed, but only temporary, friendship between two elderly women who meet again by accident. The characters and the joint history of the main protagonists are revealed in part through flashbacks. By the end of the film one really knows and loves them. Secondary characters are vivid and true to life. The ending is totally appropriate for the way the story has been going and leaves one with mixed feelings.