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Beautiful, strange, funny and moving Finnish film (with great music!) by Kaurismäki about how a man who lost his memory is being offered support and comfort and builds up a new life with other people on the outskirts of society.
Set in the Ottoman Empire during World War I, and in contemporary Los Angeles, Orhan's Inheritance tells the story of one man coming to terms with his family's and his nation's past.
When I first read the synopsis online, used to promote this book I felt awash with joy and even relief - I wasn't the only one who felt my life was like this!
In my view, this is the quintessential empathy movie. A mother and a daughter change perspectives about life, love and family responsibilities, after they get to experience one full (hence freaky) Friday in each other's body.
Professor Randy Pausch of Carnegie Mellon has managed to describe in his own words, with the help of Jeffrey Zaslow; what true empathy, compassion, kindness and gratefulness mean in times of immense adversity.
The Empathy Factor provides great insight into relationships in business and organizational settings. Marie Miyashiro shows how today's managers can build organisations, collectives, groups using emapthy as the core driver of their success.
Why? Simply: watch it and you'll see empathy in a real life. You'll see how to make somebody happy and live more fully. You'll see how thinking about somebody else will make you happy/happier ... It's about "think and be happy".