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Everyone carries their baggage!

After Life (2019)
Created, Directed, Acted: Ricky Gervais

You think you had it bad. You think nobody gives two hoots. You, only you had the realisation to come out of the rut to shine. Then everything clamps down on you. You realise nobody owes you a living, but you also say that no one gives a damn. God is dead. He was never there to start with, and humanity is gone too. There is no such thing as altruism, and everyone is in it for self-gain. Money is the be it all!

You drag your feet in this journey called life wearing a perpetual frown and exuding a tone so melancholic that a bean would fail to sprout. You see that there is no purpose in anything. Ending everything is easy. Then you realise it is not so easy after all. The mind is saying 'go', but the body is saying 'to hell with it all'. You chicken out.

For the first time, you look around. In the eyes of those around you see the weary worries of concern. You sense real compassion even in the most inanimate of things. You appreciate that many are in the same boat as you. Just that they bury their sorrows within, not whining or immersed in self-pity. Some indulge in self-destructive behaviours. Others manifest peculiar habits.

You cannot go around under the impression only your problem matters. You think you do not have nice shoes to wear when the person next to you has no legs, and he is not complaining. Everybody around us has his own narrative, and theirs can be equally if not more depressing.

A dark British comedy, starring Rick Jervais of 'The Office' fame, of a disillusioned widower who carries on life with baggage of self-absorbed sadness and demanding the world to wail with him. He relives in the memory of his perfect short marriage with his full spirited, fun-loving wife. She lost her battle with breast cancer. The constant reminders of that union are the video of her recordings and their canine companion. Then there is his Alzheimer stricken father cooped in the retirement centre. For these alone, he finds the reason to live.

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Location: Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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