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Collateral beauty: which teaches us to find beauty even in death


A child named Olivia is suffering from cancer. Lying in a hospital bed waiting for death. His mother Madeleine is sitting outside. His eyes are heavy with tears. "Are you going to lose someone?" an old woman called out to Madeleine.

Before Madeleine could say anything, the woman said again, “Who are you going to lose?”

“My daughter,” Madeleine said.

The old woman said, "Try to see the indirect beauty in it."

There is a beauty to the 'end'. Sunset marks the end of the day. Yet there is a beauty to the sunset. Adverse times leave many lessons for people. Sacrifice is often achieved. There is satisfaction in letting go. In the midst of leaving lies the motivation to return. There is beauty in death. That is what the word 'Collateral Beauty' means. Indirect beauty or parallel beauty. From a general point of view, the things that we think of as negative in this world, think of them as ugly, sometimes there is a positive side, a parallel beauty in those things.

Death sometimes comes very suddenly. Disrupting the sequential order of nature, at unplanned times. That is why most people cannot see the parallel beauty of such death. lost direction lose yourself Crying doesn't make them sad. Time does not heal their wounds.

Howard Inlet is one of those people. He was the head of an advertising agency. With Howard's three partners, Whit, Clara and Simon, the company was going great. But sometimes Howard's unusual mental state gets in the way. He had a six-year-old daughter. He died of cancer. Since then he has no mind for any office work. He lost all reason to live after his daughter's death.

Time, Love and Death were all three at the core of Howard's philosophy of life. But after the death of his daughter, he lost faith in these things. He started writing letters, flying letters for Time, Love, Death. And these letters eventually came into the hands of his friends and colleagues Whit, Clara and Simon.

They continue to come up with strange ideas to bring Howard back to normal life. Behind all this was the motive to save the company, so was the strong urge to win back the friend. And while doing this, they approached three stage actors named Brigitta, Amy and Rafi. Howard's mental rehabilitation process continues through various activities. Through this, his colleagues also started to find new aspects of life.

Howard can forget the sorrow of losing his daughter? Can he return to normal life? Will the strange activities invented by his friends be successful? The story of the movie 'Collateral Beauty' is moving forward with the answers to these questions.

The movie directed by David Faulkner was released in 2016. Will Smith played the role of Howard. Those who have seen the famous Hollywood movie 'Pursuit of Happiness' must know Will Smith and know about his acting style. In this movie also the character of Howard became unique by Will Smith. Every scene in Smith's role has become unique.

For example, Howard (Will Smith) never mentioned his dead daughter's name in the entire movie. At the end, he brought the girl's name in his mouth for the first time. With those tears of his eyes, it is as if all the sadness-pain-crying that has been stored for a long time has fallen instantly. Then gradually the mind became calm. After a heavy rain, at the end of a thick cloud, the rays of the sun make the sky calm-white, just like that. The audience will also come to this place and feel a divine connection with the movie, which is all thanks to Will Smith's brilliant acting style.


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Howard's friend Whit is played by Edward Norton of 'Fight Club' fame. 'Titanic' movie heartthrob Kate Winslet played the role of Clara. Keira Knightley, the heroine of 'Pirates of the Caribbean', played the role of Amy. Besides, Helen Mirren, Michael Pena, Naomi Harris and others have played other roles. You must have understood by seeing the names of the actors - this is a star-studded film.

The movie revolves around the tragedy of Howard's daughter's death. But in between, more small pains and non-availability have come up. It has been said about the parallel beauty between everything. Talk about collateral beauty.

A few examples will make it clear. Howard's friend and colleague was Simon, who wished him to live another hundred years. But he finds out that he doesn't have much time left. He is also suffering from an incurable disease. Despair surrounded him from all sides. Then one day he sees a collateral beauty in his future death. The calculation was very simple. He will die in a few days. Then when his son turns fifty, when his grandson turns forty, and when his grandson turns ten, Simon's dream of living another hundred years will come true. through descendants.

Besides that arrogant girl from Whit. One who angrily does not talk to father, does not want to meet him, hates father. At the end of the day, there is collateral beauty in all that anger, pride and hatred. have love That's why Whit asks the girl when she has time to talk, and she tells him, "Tomorrow is my half day off."

There are three characters in the movie named Brigitta, Amy and Rafi. The characters are quite 'self-revealing' from the beginning, but end in mystery. That mystery could not be told here. Let it be revealed by watching the movie. Finally, it can be said that between each character of the movie, at each stage, at each moment, the parallel beauty of life has been sung. Collateral beauty has been talked about.

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