13 Conversations about One Thing

Film reviewed by Mark Sells on 7 March 2012

Ask yourself if you're really happy and you might be surprised at what you find. Ask several people at various points in their lives and you will get the premise behind 13 Conversations, a film that depicts the lives of five different individuals and their quest to find and comprehend the meaning of happiness.

We first get a glimpse of Walker's life, a physics professor whose life has been disrupted by an assault. But his wife, Patricia, seems more concerned than he is. At the dinner table, the two can barely exchange a word. The whole…Read