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Young Steven Spielberg, or at least his onscreen avatar Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel LaBelle), learns a lot in this film. About his parents, himself, secrets, lies, death, art, anti-Semitism, horny teenagers, chaotic monkeys and, of course, cinema. After an educational trip to the cinema, Sammy begins making home movies and soon discovers how the camera can comfort, move and shock. He also discovers what cinema teaches us about people; how it can elevate them, reflect them, devastate them. Above all, he learns how he can give us the truth. Or bury it. “You really see me,” her mother Mitzi (Michelle Williams) tells her, in the film’s scariest sequence.

The truth is all within The Fabelmans, in which the greatest showman in the world finally takes us behind the curtain. As he becomes a budding filmmaker, young Sammy (via an apt but sensitive performance from LaBelle) berates himself for some crappy footage. “Fake,” he says. “Completely wrong”. Anything The Fabelmans seems fake, even if its director (and co-writer, along with Tony Kushner) could embellish the events here and there. With that, Spielberg opens up like never before, telling a story he’s been waiting for, finally emotionally ready to do it. And he does it tenderly, with a tidy camera, with slow zooms, always getting closer to people, always getting closer.

The general feeling, and this should come as no surprise to Spielberg, is empathy. It’s an extremely sympathetic and sympathetic tribute to his parents, and the film is Spielberg coming to terms with what happened, with the events that turned a boy into a man. He feels like he’s protecting his mother and father, understanding them, like two people in trouble with fears, desires, hopes, dreams and too much on their plate. In turn, the cast seems to be protecting an ever-wounded Spielberg, playing his (and him) family with painful humanity. Like Sammy’s father Burt, a computer engineer, Paul Dano has the saddest smile. Burt’s best friend Bennie, beloved of the family, is a perfect Seth Rogen, beaming with warmth. Judd Hirsch’s Uncle Boris, a former circus lion trainer who crashes into the film as a lone truth bomb, roars charismatically before exiting just as abruptly. And then there’s Michelle Williams, who…well. Let’s go ten rounds with this.

Tornado-chasing, monkey-shopping Mitzi hears it all, and Williams, exuding old Hollywood glamor and stunning naturalism, is an exquisite cast. There is an intentional theatricality in her interpretation (Google photos of Spielberg’s real mother, Leah Adler, and she has the same brillo, the same enthusiasm), but Williams is the best case to interpret almas dañadas, which is en the case is great. here.

Mitzi is a classical concert pianist who has mostly given up that to raise her children, and as the film progresses, cracks appear. Night shots during a camping trip with her family show her drunkenly dancing in a see-through dress, lit by car headlights. It’s a magical moment, beautifully scored by John Williams, that gives Mitzi the same sense of awe and wonder that she gave her ET. Her family is concerned but utterly persecuted, and Spielberg makes us feel the same way.

Despite the film’s often disturbing incidents, a mischievous glee is never far away. This is not a documentary. While it’s almost entirely based in truth, there’s often a touch of reality (Spielberg didn’t change his last name to Fabelmans for nothing) and there’s a brilliance. But it’s only love. He’s charming and funny, a sunny disposition that compensates for the pain. It’s a big heartbreak, but there is vitality in every moment. Life.

Having seen them all previously involved in the genre, it’s mildly shocking to so candidly discover where some of the thematic elements of Spielberg’s work come from, especially the fragmented family stories that intertwine. close encounters Yup eastern time, looking for the connection from another location. But this film too is the result of all this cinema, 50 years of work that led to the story of his life. The final plan clarifies everything: it’s all about perspective. So yeah, it wasn’t until now, as he was approaching 80, that he was ready to make this movie and make it look so good. It is a brilliant and transcendent tribute to his mother and father. It ends in joy and your heart is fed.