Title: Housekeeping for Beginners
Year: 2024
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Anamaria Marinca, Alina Serban, Samson Selim, Vladimir Tintor, Mia Mustafa
Description: The unexpected tenderness of Goran Stolevski's "Housekeeping for Beginners" lies not in grand gestures, but in the quiet defiance of expectations. Anamaria Marinca delivers a masterclass as Dita, a woman grappling with an unplanned motherhood, her performance subtly conveying both frustration and a burgeoning love for Mia and Vanesa, played with captivating realism by Mia Mustafa and Alina Serban respectively. Stolevski masterfully crafts a narrative that avoids sentimentality, instead focusing on the raw, messy realities of found family. The clash of wills between Dita and the girls, brilliantly portrayed alongside Samson Selim and Vladimir Tintor, becomes a poignant exploration of chosen kinship, challenging conventional notions of family structure and revealing the unexpected beauty found in embracing the unplanned. This isn't just a film about housekeeping; it's a profound meditation on love's unpredictable, yet ultimately rewarding, path.