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    Post dates are when I watched, parenthetical dates are the year of US release (aka Oscar eligibility).

2/17/2024

Stromboli (2023)

Sara has made a mess of things back home with her husband and teenage daughter. She decides to take a solo trip to Stromboli, a volcanic island she'd visited with her husband in happier times but, this time, she's staying as drunk as possible. When she gets kicked out her rental for setting the kitchen on fire, she's rescued by a kind man running a wellness retreat. 

I was truly moved by this story. Sara's been on the run mentally from a traumatic event in her youth, but it's catching up to her now that her daughter's at the same age as she was when the event occurred. The wellness retreat and the other seeking people there prove to be the unexpected community she needs to move on. It's one of those small but incisive little stories that packs so much into an efficient run time.

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