What boundless despair and a sense of hopelessness must a film distributor experience in order to call the film A Little Bit of Heaven in Russian so vulgar! And why not be afraid? Death, right? This film is about death and love. The fact that only on the verge of death the heroine was able to truly feel, fall in love, appreciate friendship and even relationships with a strong-willed mother
1. Other name. What boundless despair and a sense of hopelessness must a film distributor experience in order to call the film A Little Bit of Heaven in Russian so vulgar! And why not be afraid? Death, right? This film is about death and love. The fact that only on the verge of death the heroine was able to truly feel, fall in love, appreciate friendship and even relationships with a strong-willed mother. She has cancer, this energetic advertising worker, 30-year-old careerist. There is no hope to survive. But that is why you can finally start to live. Have an affair with your doctor, an oncologist. Fading and blooming at the same time … And at the same time cause tears and laughter.
2. Romantic comedy. That’s the thing, it’s a comedy. But not only about the relationship of lovers, but also about our relationship with our common finiteness of life, with our fears and feelings. And she’s really funny – what is only Whoopi Goldberg in the role of the Lord God …
3. Professional risks. Deciding on a comedy centered on a terminal illness and doom is a very bold undertaking. Kate Hudson, who ate the dog on the rom-coms and was already a bride in every way, made a professional breakthrough here – she played the dying one hilariously! But even more courageous is the film’s director, 38-year-old Nicole Cassel. She manages to cause laughter with colonoscopy episodes and generally does not let illness obscure love, inevitability – our freedom of choice, and the body – feeling.
Cast: Kate Hudson, Gael Garcia Bernal, Kathy Bates, Whoopi Goldberg.
Nicole Cassel is an American director and screenwriter. Her most daring film was The Woodsman (2004), which won the Independent Spirit Award, America’s premier filmmaker.