Late Bloomers (Switzerland)

One of those it's never too late to live your dreams (perhaps so long as your dream isn't to be Heavy Metal superstars) sort of flicks. As such, it's hard to really dislike it. The photography seemed a bit off at times, in particular too dark in places. But nevertheless I was pretty into it.

After the death of her husband a woman in a small conservative Swiss village seems at a loss. She's still running the husband's small shop and spending time with friends. But depression is clearly setting in. After her friends learn she used to dream of opening a lingerie store with her own work the "wild" one encourages her to make a go of it. She does and one after another her elderly friends make changes to live as energetically as they can. Truly earns the term "crowd pleaser." Not fine cinema but about as safe a bet as you can get. Except for the gentleman I met onto the way into the next screening who allowed that "he wasn't into old women." But then again, that guy also liked August. ;-)