Friendship with those around us in our surroundings is an instinctive thing that everyone does; Children in the classroom automatically know that they must make friends, and the matter continues throughout life, but the importance of friends varies from one stage of life to another, and although it is almost impossible to live without a close friend who can be relied upon, sometimes the presence of friends is the thing that It keeps you alive, and films from all over the world have been able to express this matter, each with its own language and ideas.
Fried green tomato
Fried Green Tomatoes is an American film about Eveline, an unhappy woman in her life, who goes to nursing homes for the elderly, and there she meets old Nene. The two women befriend despite the big age difference. "Nene" tells about her memories with people she knew in the past and the events of their lives in which they supported each other in the strangest and bravest ways. In these stories, "Eveline" rediscovers herself and is able to control her life and restore joy and passion to her.
The film was produced in 1999 and directed by "John Avnett" and is based on a novel called "Green Fried Tomatoes in the Wesel Stop Cafe" by "Fanny Flag", who contributed to writing the film's screenplay with the help of Carol Sobieski, and together they were nominated for an Oscar in the category Adapted best screenplay.
Searching for Nemo
Although "Finding Nemo" is an animated film, through it a very important message can be transmitted; The father fish "slender" loses his child when he is taken by a human being, and on the search for his kidnapped child, the father befriends a blue fish that helps him regain confidence in others, and helps him in its unique way on the search journey.
On the other hand, the fish "Nemo" ends up in an aquarium in one of the clinics, and there he befriends a group of fish and marine creatures that help him return to the ocean to return to his father.
The movie was produced in 2003, written and directed by Andrew Stanton, and the characters were voiced by several actors, such as Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould and William Davoy.
The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and was nominated in 3 other categories, and was nominated for a Golden Globe.
best times
An Egyptian film produced in 2004, revolving in a social comic format, about "Salma" whose mother dies suddenly, and then decides to emigrate from Egypt, but she receives letters that return her old memories, so she decides to search for the sender of the letters, and on the search trip she meets again with my childhood friend. " Yusria and Duha, together they go through unplanned events, and in the midst of all these adventures, they rediscover themselves and what they really want to get.
The film is directed by "Hala Khalil" who wrote the story of the film, while Wissam Suleiman wrote the script and dialogue, and starring Hanan Turk, Hind Sabry, Menna Shalaby, Amr Waked and Sami Al Adl. The film received great critical and public appreciation, and won several local awards.
A man called Oveh
As for "A man called Ove", it is a Swedish film produced in 2015, based on the novel of the same name, and achieved wide fame published in 2012 by the Swedish writer "Frederick Bachman". The film was written and directed by Hans Holm. The film was nominated for two awards. Oscar, one of them is in the Best Foreign Film category.
In the context of drama and light comedy, we see the elderly hero "Oveh", who complains about all matters, no matter how small, and who repeatedly tries to end his life by himself to catch up with his deceased wife, who cannot complete life without her, but lives next to him an Iranian family, which brings to his life chaos And annoyed, but slowly he finds himself befriending the young, pregnant wife, and this messy family friendship rescues him from the pit of depression.
The film stars Rolf Lasagard, Bahar Pars and Philip Berg. The film won the approval of the audience and critics alike, considering it to be one of the films that touches emotions, but without excessive turning it into a source of depression, which allowed the film to be the third highest movie ever in Sweden.
Three idiots
Three Idiots is an Indian movie about 3 friends, they get to know each other at the beginning of their engineering studies in college, united by their disliking the way of education, even if each one of them has his own reasons that are different from the others. The film runs in two parallel time lines, 10 years apart, through which we see how friends managed to pass the university stage and each one of them tried to achieve his dream, and how they transformed after this period.
The film is produced in 2009 and directed by Rajkumar Hirani, who wrote the story and script for the film with the help of Abhijat Joshi, and is based on the Hindi novel "5 Points for a Person" written by Chetan Bhagat. It stars Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Boman Irani.
The film did not get international awards, although it received many local awards, and this did not stop critics from praising the film, as the audience considered it one of the best films in the world according to the statistics of the site "IMDB" (IMDB).