Indoda evela emhlabeni iyibhajethi ephantsi yaseMelika yefilimu yesayensi yezesayensi nguRichard Schenkman ukusuka kwi-2007. Ifilimu ngumsebenzi okhethekileyo kakhulu. Ixhokonxa ingcinga ngokukodwa ngenxa yeskripthi esisodwa. Ifilimu ikakhulu malunga ne-protagonist uJohn Oldman, othi ekuhambeni kwencoko utyhilela oogxa bakhe emsebenzini ukuba uphile iminyaka eyi-14000 kwaye akafi. Njengoko kuhlwa, incoko ikhula ibe yebangel’ umdla Ibali eliphela kwisiphelo esihle.
Isiqalo ngasinye sinzima!
Ekuqaleni kwefilimu, uNjingalwazi uJohn Oldman ulayisha ilori yakhe ngeebhokisi ezihambayo kunye nezinye izinto xa etyelelwe ngokungalindelekanga ngoogxa bakhe emsebenzini abafuna ukuthi ndlela-ntle kuye. Kakade ke, wonke umntu obandakanyekileyo ufuna ukwazi apho uhambo lukaYohane luya khona. Emva kokubongozwa kakhulu, abanye oonjingalwazi bayakwazi ukukhupha ibali lakhe kuJohn. Ukususela ngaloo mzuzu ukuya phambili, uYohane ubalisa ibali lakhe elikhethekileyo ngokweenkcukacha ezinkulu. Uhlala edibana nobuso obungathethiyo abambonakalo yabo yobuso ubukhulu becala bubonakala ngokuthabatheka, kodwa nangokungakholeleki. Nangona ibali likaYohane libonakala lingaqhelekanga kakhulu kwabanye, lisahambelana ngokupheleleyo.
Ngenxa yesi sizathu, i-farewell elula ijika ibe yingokuhlwa ekhethekileyo kwaye ekhumbulekayo. Ifilimu inika ukutya okuninzi okucingayo. Ujongana nezihloko ezinomdla onokuthi ucinge malunga neeyure. Ngokomzekelo, ngaba abantu banokuphila ubomi bokungafi? Ngaba kunokwenzeka ukuyeka inkqubo yokwaluphala? Ubunokuvakalelwa njani ukuba ubuphile kangangamawaka eminyaka? Ifilimu enomdla ngokwenene endinokuncoma ngokufudumeleyo kuwe.
