"Mary and Max": A must-see part of the film (trust me!)

Not many of you have heard about "Mary and Max", I guess... It was written and directed by the Australian Adam Elliot and his film is a mix of animation/comedy/drama.

The plot is a simple tale about two very different people who start a pen-friendship. A pen-friend (=pen-pal) is someone you write letters to and receive letters from, although you may never have met.

Mary is a chubby (=rather fat) and lonely 8 year old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, the only child of an alcoholic mother and a distracted father; Max is a 44 year old Jewish man who lives in New York, overweight, suffers from Asperger´s Syndrome and is subject to anxiety attacks.

This film is a journey that explores friendship, trust and plenty of other issues.

I have chosen my favorite part of it to touch your hearts.

"Long Long Way To Go" (by Phil Collins): sing along!

This song is part of a live show performed in Paris and it is simply beautiful. It is described by Phil Collins as an effective ballad with a personal and political message. Enjoy it!!!

Lyrics:

While I sit here trying to think of things to say / Someone lies bleeding in a field somewhere / So you can see we´ve still got a long long way to go / I´ve seen all I wanna see today

While I sit here trying to move you anyway I can / Someone´s son lies dead in a gutter somewhere / And it would seem we´ve still got a long long way to go / I can´t take it anymore

Turn it off if you want to / Switch it off it will go away / Turn it off if you want to / Switch it off or look away (chorus)

While I sit and we talk and talk and we talk some more / Someone´s loved one´s heart stops beating in a street somewhere / So it would seem we´ve still got a long long way to go, I know / I´ve heard all I wanna hear today

(chorus)