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Monday, January 12, 2015

Strawberry Fields Forever


Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed is a gentle gem about a kind-hearted but lonely teacher who uses Beatles lyrics to teach English to his young students.  Set in 1966 he sets out to find John Lennon who is in Southern Spain shooting a movie.  He needs to clarify some lyrics.  He picks up two hapless teenagers, a pregnant girl running away from an abusive home for unwed mothers and a mop-headed boy escaping the tyranny of his cop father.  When they reach the seaside their lives unfold to each other and for a short time they integrate themselves with the friendlier locals.  Life lessons abound as each reaches for their undefined goals.  It's a sweet and funny film and stars one of Almodovar's regulars, Javier Camara.

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