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Vitus

Vitus is a 2006 film about a young Swiss genius who is restless in his child’s skin and seeks normalization in poignant fashion after feeling an outcast his whole life.  His doting, loving parents seek more for his intelligence, supporting in aggressive ways perhaps, and his retreats to grandfather in the countryside are his respite, a place he feels trust and can let his mind relax and fly.  This is one of the best films on the creative mind that I have seen as it contains all the elements of humanity that give a film its resonant, beating heart.  Here is a film I can return to and wonder in.  The movie is primarily Swiss German and subtitled for lazy English speakers… worth every moment.

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