UKJFF: Most People Die on Sundays
Writer-director, Iair Said, crafts a tender, sharply observed portrait of arrested development, family dysfunction, and queer identity. Thirty-year-old David — emotionally stunted, overweight, gay, and Jewish — returns to Buenos Aires from his studies abroad, to attend his uncle’s funeral. What follows is a bittersweet, often comic journey through the chaos of homecoming. David bickers with his sharp-tongued mother, sister, and aunt, pines after men who don’t love him back, struggles to pass his driving test, and pointedly avoids visiting his estranged, comatose father in hospital. Said plays David himself with a blend of vulnerability and deadpan charm, bringing authenticity and emotional depth to a character caught between self-pity and self-awareness. This second feature quietly unravels the comedy in everyday sadness, and the sadness in everyday comedy, delivering a heartfelt exploration of what it means to return home and still not feel entirely seen — or grown up.
