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Whoa! There's a lot of films that have broken my tear ducts down.
Cocoon was one. All those old people leaving their friends and family to enjoy eternal life. What a metaphor for death!
Dead Man Walking. I think I cried during this one because my emotions were so torn. I didn't want to like this guy. He was a murderer and a rapist but when he admitted to the crime, and when I saw the scene with his family, he was no longer an animal. He was a human being and he didn't deserve to die.
Billy Elliot. This was a recent one. The British (and Irish) are so often reserved about our emotions, afraid to express them. So it often makes it more powerful when this emotional wall is broken down. When Billy is leaving to go to his new school in London, the way in which his grandmother just grabs him and gives him a huge hug was just too much for me. The first and only time I have ever cried in a cinema.
Life is Beautiful. Like Dead Man Walking. I didn't know whether to bawl my eyes out or jump for joy at the conclusion. So in the end, my heart cried, but my eyes stayed dry. My body compromised, I guess.
Does anyone else ever get that feeling where their heart gets heavier, even sore after a really sad movie?
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