Wild Rose (Scottish; 2019)
Sure, they say it is possible to lead a balanced life. One should be able to have a fulfilling life juggling between having a family life and pursuing your dream, whatever it is. After all, that is all the stars are doing having a fantastic experience moving seamlessly from work to pleasure to being cosy with their loved ones. Having children is no problem, just another cap in the feather. At least, that is what the media seem to portray. Shuttling between being a mother, a creative, a star, a public icon is easy peasy. In reality, it is far from it. Sacrifices need to be made. It is not possible to have the cake and eat it as well. It is a constant struggle between a good parent and achieving life's ambition. Are we selfish by putting our goals before the kids? Is the parent-child bond too self-defeating? To get the creative juices flowing adequately, do we have to sacrifice householders' life?
This is not your usual happy ending movie of an unknown working-class girl with a one-track mind to be a country music singer. Keeping up with bad company and being released from prison after a year of incarceration for drug possession, Rose-Lynn finds life not a bed of roses. Having two kids in her teenage years is no help. With no father figure and only her single mother to keep an eye on the kids during her absence, she finds herself a stranger with her kids. Her passion, singing to country music in Nashville remains an unachievable dream. The club she was singing before her imprisonment does not want to hire a felon. She has to pick up the pieces working as a maid while mending her fences with her children.
Through a twist of fate, she gets a stint to get a go at Nashville. Now, she has to reevaluate her priorities - pursue her dream or savour the pleasure of seeing her kids growing up.
(P.S. All is not lost. When one does not have the luxury in the spring of his youth, there is always a possibility that it can be achieved much later in life. That is, provided there are adequate economic resources and the presence of good bodily as well as mental functions. Sadly wrong decisions at a young age have devastating irrevocable sequelae.)
Sure, they say it is possible to lead a balanced life. One should be able to have a fulfilling life juggling between having a family life and pursuing your dream, whatever it is. After all, that is all the stars are doing having a fantastic experience moving seamlessly from work to pleasure to being cosy with their loved ones. Having children is no problem, just another cap in the feather. At least, that is what the media seem to portray. Shuttling between being a mother, a creative, a star, a public icon is easy peasy. In reality, it is far from it. Sacrifices need to be made. It is not possible to have the cake and eat it as well. It is a constant struggle between a good parent and achieving life's ambition. Are we selfish by putting our goals before the kids? Is the parent-child bond too self-defeating? To get the creative juices flowing adequately, do we have to sacrifice householders' life?
This is not your usual happy ending movie of an unknown working-class girl with a one-track mind to be a country music singer. Keeping up with bad company and being released from prison after a year of incarceration for drug possession, Rose-Lynn finds life not a bed of roses. Having two kids in her teenage years is no help. With no father figure and only her single mother to keep an eye on the kids during her absence, she finds herself a stranger with her kids. Her passion, singing to country music in Nashville remains an unachievable dream. The club she was singing before her imprisonment does not want to hire a felon. She has to pick up the pieces working as a maid while mending her fences with her children.
Through a twist of fate, she gets a stint to get a go at Nashville. Now, she has to reevaluate her priorities - pursue her dream or savour the pleasure of seeing her kids growing up.
(P.S. All is not lost. When one does not have the luxury in the spring of his youth, there is always a possibility that it can be achieved much later in life. That is, provided there are adequate economic resources and the presence of good bodily as well as mental functions. Sadly wrong decisions at a young age have devastating irrevocable sequelae.)
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