Movie #2135 "The Mole Agent" (Hulu) If this film were fiction, it would have been far funnier, but it is a documentary so the humor comes right from the naturalness of the characters. There's an ease about this documentary --- it is approached with so much humanity dealing with loneliness of the elderly. It is a funny story to have an 84 year old mole[spy in a nursing home, and at first I was worried that the residents would be catatonic and therefore too sad to watch. But eventually he is able to get them to talk to him and be more social and the story becomes warmer and maybe more heart breaking but with a message: to care for our elderly -- they are our prized possessions, and in no time we will join the precious group. The main character is such a nice man, you want to hug him so many times --- esp. when he fumbles with the technology, but always tries to work with it, when the elderly women flirt with him in the home and he continues to be nice, when he checks in daily with people who are sick, etc. There isn't much action in this documentary, but it is fun to watch how the 80 year old man moves from "spy" to "hero/friend" in this nursing home. I enjoyed it a lot, but it isn't for everyone --- it's very slow and meticulous about its treatment of the various characters the mole agent meets at the home. I'd give this a 4 out of 5.
"THE MOLE AGENT" 1 HOUR, 24 mins documentary with subtitles 2020 Chilean
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