7 films that will inspire you to change your life
Everything bores you. You're bored with the routine, the office, the same streets. Life seems like a bad movie where the day repeats itself every day. How about a good film to help you get out of that black hole?
The process of change, or resurrection as some people call it, certainly involves a lot of small transformations, which we are not always willing to do.
I want a new job, but I don't look for it. I want a new house, but I don't look at the classifieds. I want a new partner, but I don't dare leave the one I have. Change, in the end, is a decision that doesn't only involve age, so forget the grey hairs, these are the things that really age us.
But to a bad film, a good film. That's why we chose 7 films that right there, when you're sitting in bed watching them, will surely inspire you to overcome the obstacles and bad patches and give you a light so that once and for all you decide to look for "that new life" you're waiting for. Maybe after changing your life you'll want to soak up a little more about the world of fashion with these tapes.
1. Under the Tuscan sun: Frances Mayes is a writer who seems to have it all, until the day she discovers that her husband cheats on her and basically takes everything away from her. A trip to the wonderful Italian Tuscany, where - don't be fooled - a thousand bad things happen to her, teaches her that maybe what made her happy she was looking for in the wrong place but maybe she didn't follow her intuition.
2. Motorbike Diaries:
The life of Ernesto 'Ché' Guevara can be an interesting instructive about leaving everything comfortable behind. In addition to the process of transformation from young medical student to the regional leader he became, this film also talks about how leaving things that are not for you inevitably leads you to find your own.
3. Eat, Pray, Love: Mislabelled as a chick flick. This film captures many of the anxieties and questions that anyone can ask themselves at some point in their lives. You grow up, you study, you get married, you have children, are we there yet, is this it, what if I'm looking for something else? Elizabeth Gilbert, the main character and author of the book, embarks on a very long journey in which she leaves behind everything that the heart and mind don't need. That's why Walter Riso teaches you how to free your heart from the past.
4. Wild. (Wild: Based on the book written by Cheryl Strayed, who completed over a thousand kilometres of the Pacific Crest Trail. It is a book about survival, but also about the thousand ways to heal the soul. Cheryl sets out on a journey following the failure of her marriage and the death of her mother. Her journey is the biggest gamble to change everything she hates about her life, but also an apprenticeship. It's never too late to reinvent yourself.
5. The Pursuit of Happyness: The quintessential inspirational film. Based on the real life of Chris Gardner, a humble man who invests his savings in a business that doesn't seem to bear much fruit. His restlessness and persistence lead him to become a stockbroker intern. His skills will take him further than he thinks, but life will put many obstacles in his way.
6. Midnight in Paris: This fantastic Woody Allen film tells the story of Gil Pender (Olvier Wilson), a famous Hollywood screenwriter who finds no happiness in what he does. His big goal is to write a novel, but he doesn't seem to believe in his abilities. A trip to Paris with his fiancée changes his outlook on life.