Man Push Cart (2006)
Man Push Cart (2006) 6/10
As its title suggests, this film is about a man. Who pushes a cart. There you have it: a film which can be summed up by its title. It is about an immigrant who makes a living pushing a cart selling bagels and coffee. That’s all there is to the film. It is a small, arthouse flick that is beautiful in its own way. There isn’t much of a plot, and we see our main protagonist go through his Sisyphean routine day after day. It is depressing, melancholic and yet uplifting in its own way, as our main character goes through the mundane repetitiveness of his life. In a sense, the cart represents both hope and burden: the hope of moving on to a better stage of his life, but also the burden that transforms his life into a numbing routine.
“If you’ve forgotten — or never known — the rhythm and grace that cinema can sing with, then please, for your own sanity, see Man Push Cart, and rediscover how achingly lovely a film can be. “- Maryann Johansson
