Echo of You

We often hear about elderly couples who pass away shortly after each other. However, this is not the case for the loveable cast of characters in Zara Zerny’s touching debut film. All the men and women, aged between 80 and 100, have lost their life partner and are now left alone with the echoes of love in empty houses where the clothes in the wardrobe still smell of the deceased. It could easily become sad and sentimental, but with a carefully calibrated sense of the nuanced emotions played out by the characters, Echoes of You is not only about grief but also about humour, bitterness, and the will to live on. With gorgeous cinematography, artful projections, and the naturalness of age, this sensuous, life-affirming portrait generously shares what it means to say—and survive—goodbye.