Movie #815 ........................."Life Feels Good"

SEE RANK Life Feels Good (2013) Movie #815 "Life Feels Good" a polish film. "Chce sie zyc" (original title) 107 min  -  Drama  -  11 October 2013 (Poland) 8.4 Your rating:    -/10  Ratings: 8.4/10 from 41 users   Reviews: write review | 1 critic Director:  Maciej Pieprzyca Writer:  Maciej Pieprzyca Stars:  Dawid Ogrodnik, Dorota Kolak, Arkadiusz Jakubik  Plot:  Mateus is born with cerebral palsy in Poland, and he is tested and labeled "vegetable" but mom and dad continue to talk to him and show love to him and walk him around their tiny apartment (they are very poor) ---- then dad dies and Mateus, getting older, can no longer be handled by mom so he is institutionalized.  In the institution again he is labeled a vegetable, until a meets a beautiful young girl who tries to reach him.  All this time we are wondering why no one takes the time to teach him how to communicate ---- they'd rather just dismiss him.  The poverty of the family is a definite reason why his earlier years are filled with crawling around the apartment and looking out the window at the stars.  But as he gets older, it takes so long for them to recognize that there is a real person in there ---very strong theme in this very true story (we get to see Mateus at the end of the film).  Boy, education comes out as a savior in this film so it's nice to see that in a modern film, but the film is so hard to watch in several places where Mateus is ignored or abused. I was totally intrigued with this film and his character, even though it was a bit slow moving and very very quiet in many scenes.  I would recommend it and give it 5 stars out of 5.  It made me want to see "My Left Foot" again, too!