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They Will Be Dust Review: An Unconventional Yet Memorable Experience

Moving Hearts Through Life's Mysteries

Arash Nahandian by Arash Nahandian
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They Will Be Dust is Carlos Marques-Marcet’s fourth feature film, which made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Platform competition. The accomplished Spanish director assembled an impressive cast led by Ángela Molina and Alfredo Castro to tell a story that few would dare to bring to the screen.

Molina stars as Claudia, an elderly actress living with her long-time partner Flavio, played by Castro. When Claudia is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, she decides she does not want to endure the suffering ahead and proposes to Flavio that they end their lives together through assisted suicide in Switzerland, where it is legal. Flavio, unwilling to face life without the woman he loves, agrees to join her.

Their daughter Violeta and other children are shocked by the news. The film explores the varied emotional experiences and perspectives within the family as they confront their parents’ controversial choice. Though dealing with a difficult subject, Marques-Marcet tackles it in an unsentimental yet deeply moving manner through his characters.

They Will Be Dust went on to win the Platform Award at TIFF, demonstrating the film’s ability to engage audiences with this complex story in an unconventional yet honest and impactful way. Molina and Castro give career-defining performances that form the heart of this memorable film.

The Couple and Their Journey

They Will Be Dust is divided into three distinct parts, each shedding light on Claudia and Flavio’s situation from a different perspective. In the opening section, we meet the couple at their home, where Claudia suffers a painful episode that introduces her terminal illness. Though strained, the love and care between her and Flavio is evident as he comforts and protects her.

Claudia, a renowned actress, and Flavio, her longtime theater director partner, have built a full life together. But with no treatment available, Claudia decides on an assisted death, unwilling to experience months of decline. Flavio, unable to envision life without his soulmate, resolves to pass with her despite having years left.

Their three adult children react in varying ways to the news. Violeta, who puts her life on hold to care for her ailing mother, is understandably hesitant. But Manuel and Lea, more removed from the daily challenges, struggle to understand. Each grapples with this highly emotional scenario in their own way.

Pretending to renew their wedding vows, Claudia and Flavio gather their family, hoping to unite them in their final moments. But when Violeta angrily reveals the truth in front of children, tensions explode. Though self-centered in some ways, their love and bond remain the dramatic core—it’s what fuels Flavio to not let his partner make the difficult journey alone.

Through intimate, heartfelt conversations, their relationship’s depth and history become profoundly clear. Molina and Castro convey a lifetime of care, respect, and devotion in even simple gestures. This complexity is what makes their choice to pass together, on their own terms, surprisingly understandable for observers.

Marques-Marcet’s Distinct Directorial Vision

Carlos Marques-Marcet brings a deft hand to challenging subject matter with They Will Be Dust. Rather than heavy-handed solemnness, he finds emotional complexity through his characters. Audiences are shown profound humanity even in end-of-life decisions that could certainly be portrayed as altogether hopeless.

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Key is the director’s handling of the film’s unconventional stylistic flourishes. Scenes bursting with choreographed dance may seem jarring against the central drama. But they serve to manifest Claudia’s psyche as her torment transforms into movement. With haunting numbers from Marcos Morau, these passages aren’t merely fanciful; they communicate inner turmoil that words cannot.

Maria Arnal’s emotional score likewise enhances pivotal moments. Her minimalist compositions draw out visceral feelings. Whether in intimate conversations or colorful musical interludes, both artists’s contributions shrewdly amplify what the characters express internally.

While some debate the danced passages’ narrative integration, most recognize their deeper symbolic purpose: to represent grieving and grief’s metamorphosis in Claudia’s journey. That Marques-Marcet takes such cerebral risks demonstrates his bold vision and confidence in emotionally-led storytelling. As complex as existence, his film deftly balances light and dark through a singular directorial lens.

Most impressively, not a single scene feels exploitative or maudlin. Even in deathly matters, Marques-Marcet locates our shared humanity—always his aim—and why They Will Be Dust remains long after.

Exploring Life’s Big Questions

They Will Be Dust tackles weighty subject matter in a thought-provoking yet entertaining manner. At its core, the film wrestles with one’s autonomy over life and the weighty choice of assisted suicide.

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Carlos Marques-Marcet presents this complex issue in a matter-of-fact light, neither condemning nor endorsing it. We feel the perspectives of all affected and appreciate the difficulty of their emotions. Through this balanced lens, audiences are encouraged to make their own judgments in a spirit of empathy, not of hostility.

The film also meditates profoundly on love transcending physical life. In passionately committing together, the couple suggests their bond will survive death through memory. Do our connections and impacts live on through those left behind? And can recollection sustain essence when faces fade?

By following characters earnestly facing life’s final curtain, Marques-Marcet brings the taboo out of darkness. He treats mortality’s issues not with panic but with philosophical curiosity. We glimpse existential questions most avoid. Can one find purpose in parting? What comprises a good death?

They Will Be Dust offers no answers for queries as boundless and complex as existence itself. But through relatable characters on a moving journey, it inspires thoughtful consideration of our shared humanity. Even in endings, the director locates beginnings—of compassionate dialogue where once lay isolation.

Overall, the film encourages reflection where once reigned reluctance. A humanist work, it illuminates life’s inevitabilities and life’s mysterious persistence, long after its finale fades to dust.

Assessing the Balancing Act

Some find the danced scenes jarring against the intimate drama. But within Claudia’s cracking psyche, they represent inner discord manifest. Choreography throws her into surrealism as grief transforms.

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True, they risk fracturing the narrative flow. Yet one must appreciate Marques-Marcet’s intent: to locate catharsis where words fail. Regardless of perfect coherence, his goal was emotional honesty and empathy for a woman experiencing death’s disorientation.

Technically, little else arouses critique. Gabriel Sandru’s cinematography captures raw pain and tenderness with equal grace. Production design feels authentic, transporting us within the characters’ world. Chiara Dainese’s editing ties disparate threads tightly.

Of course, certain quirks may divide by taste alone. Some crave straightforward tragedy over mingled tones. But amid a taboo topic, Marques-Marcet spread enlightenment—and applause indicates most embraced his rule-bending.

Not all experiments thrive. Yet in pursuing vulnerability over convention, the director located profundity many seldom expose. Awards show viewers recognizing what matters most: honest stories touching our shared humanity. Imperfect they may be, but works leaving an impact endure.

A Sincere Exploration Deserving Remembrance

They Will Be Dust achieves the near impossible—it locates hope even in hopelessness. ThroughÁngela Molina and Alfredo Castro’s breathtaking commitment to their roles, Marques-Marcet transports us inside profound devotion, enduring mortality’s finality.

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Few dare interrogate life’s permanence and changeability as the director daringly does. By mingling gravity with grace, drama with dance, he challenges conventions and locates new understanding where once were barriers. The humanity always at his films’ core emerges even more powerfully.

This impactful work stays with us because of its emotional complexity, wrestled from transcendent themes most prefer shadowed. Death, memory, autonomy—Marques-Marcet illuminates existential queries without facile answers, instigating thoughtful reflection where ignorance once reigned.

It will divide due to risks taken, but awards attest most comprehend its empathetic spirit. For any open to profound experiences beyond predictability, They Will Be Dust offers a sincere exploration to be remembered. Through visionary craft, the director reminds us of our shared stake in compassion—and mortality’s unlikely capacity to fortify what links us.

The Review

They Will Be Dust

9 Score

They Will Be Dust is an impactful filmgoing experience—one boldly interrogating life's mysteries. Director Carlos Marques-Marcet locates our shared humanity even in existence's most polarizing of topics. Powered by astounding central performances, the film stays long after through its fertile provocations and depictions of love defiantly enduring what divides all else. Not a work for those craving predictability, but for open-minded souls, it offers sincere rewards.

PROS

  • Complex exploration of sensitive themes like assisted suicide and mortality
  • Deeply moving central performances by Molina and Castro
  • Thought-provoking examination of love surviving death Director tackles difficult topics ethically without sentimentality.
  • Evokes existential reflection through its characters' journeys
  • Unique cinematography, choreography, and score

CONS

  • Dance sequences may not land effectively for all viewers.
  • Tonal shifts could disrupt narrative flow at points
  • More contemplative pace may not suit those seeking excitement.

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