When 86-year-old Rene buys flowers, he always thinks about what color his wifewould have chosen if she were alive. Like most people in this film, he spent more timewith this partner than without. Through candid, revealing interviews, Echo of You presents a group of Danish menand women, all aged 80+. With poignant openness and honesty, they share theirthoughts on their life partnerships; lost loves who, one way or another, are no longerwith them. They discuss the heartbreak of losing a life partner, and the ways in which life goes on. Filmmaker Zara Zerny, tenderly brings their individual voices together likea choir, interweaving them with abstract, dreamy images, music and artisticinterpretations of their inner lives. Together, they form a collection of diverse perspectives on love, life, loneliness and death, merging into a unique body of testimony. A sensuous, life-affirming portrait of a generation slowly saying goodbye.
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