This song changed my life and saved me. I was going through divorce. I lost my wife and stepdaughter, friends and family. I was lost. One night i felt like i had nothing. I sat there for hours crying. I had this song on repeat. For some reason i started to feel the sadness go away and felt almost a comfort come over me. I made it through the toughest night of my life. I have listened to this song probably a thousand times since. This video is the perfect example of what i was feeling that night. I wil always be thankful for this song.
Happy to hear it worked for you. I listen too when I feel all is lost. Kinda feels like I'm hearing the voice of God - even though I'm nowhere near religious.
I just cried my eyes out after hearing this at the end of shutter island. I've just been working almost nonstop except a few hours sleep for 3 days. For practically nothing cos I'm ill and will get worse I'm sure. Wtf is it all for.....
I've been through the exact same thing almost word for word. Only it took me ten years to get over it, but some days are still hard. A couple days ago I had an emotional relapse, but it's also when I discovered this song. I don't cry much, but I should..., this song is helping me heal all the way.
For some reason, whenever I hear this song, I feel something in my soul. I cannot distinguish if it is pain or love, happiness or sadness. But I think the point is that it makes you feel.
@@canMan656 yes, yes! that's what i exactly feel. I feel my every breath, they're getting bigger, louder and more intense and i really feel like I'm alive. At the same time im feeling densest fear from being alive, because of the knowledge of death. Thank you for naming it.
Indeed it is. This emotionally charged, intense music brings back the subtle beauty of humanity whilst revealing all that is wrong with it without being too pungent. It is beautiful albeit sad. Sometimes this heartfelt melody makes me feel like I am standing still within a violent tornado of my shattered life and it is spinning way too fast for me to even try to hold onto any fragment of that lost life. Oh well, time to create a new one as each passing day is a chance for new memories to fill in the chapters in the book of life. :-)
@@DystrophicEvolution I hope you have some wonderful new chapters, memories and the kind of life that brings you much happiness! Very good luck with it! 👍🏻
What makes this scene exceptionally well directed is the timing and location of her breakdown. As she walks down the city streets and the solitary country roads, she continues to hold herself together by maintaining the same rhythm of walking, putting one foot in front of the other, trying to keep the mental anguish at bay by focusing all of her mental resources on the physical action of walking. Her rhythm is the only thing keeping her from breaking down. But at the moment she encounters the stairs, and leans on the railings taking support, her rhythm is broken. At that precise moment her mind can no longer hold back the emotional turmoil and she breaks down. The brilliance is in how accurately this bit portrays the basics of human behaviour, extremely subtle yet incredibly powerful, and masterfully acted.
Whether you are here after watching Arrival, Shutter Island or even The Last of Us, the one thing everyone can agree that this is one of the most heart touching musical scores of all time♡.
YES YES YES. I watched the last of us, and then a week later I watched shutter Island, it was such a coincidence. This OST definitely grabbed my attention. I'm glad I went after it.
She is incredible. I watched her in the Handmaid's Tale and I think it's safe to say she is one of the most gifted actresses out there. Her face just does all the work.
This is how depression feels like. I suffer from complex PTSD (veteran) and have had moments when I was just walking aimlessly around London for hours thinking of ending it all. I watch this video and I can't stop myself from crying. Her face portrays the feelings I know too well..Heart wrenching
This walk, for my personal journey, perfectly encapsulates cancer. I am so tired, those stairs look so steep. My soul aches. I'm not stopping. It's ok to cry; keep walking forward!! ❤❤❤
@kyomu13 You have no idea how strong you actually are until life leaves you no choice. You'd be surprised what you're capable of. I do pray that's a realization you do not have presented to you by life, but should you, be strong!!
What I don't understand is, why is she walking through the shittiest parts of town? That alley way at the start looks like a rapist's lair. I am not convinced by the video at all. It's ridiculous and unnatural.
I see it as an escape from an abusive relationship, as we see from the very first frame. a man, holding a bird, throughout the first part she is escaping. putting that life behind. midway through the clip, she is looking back. she is probably thinking to come back but then she pushes forward. anyway, BRILLIANT!
My son introduced me to the music of Max Richter, he was an aspiring film music composer himself and Max Richter was one of his heroes. My son struggled with Serious Mental Illness for years and in April 2024 he ended his own life. This piece turned up on my UA-cam feed today, my heart is broken.
@heather - my son loved this song - he passed away from suicide on July 16/24. In one of his notes he said that I was the only one of the people that he knew that understood this song. I know this pain and lost so deeply.
I'm very sorry for your loss first and foremost.. I completely understand how you're feeling and I hope you are doing ok. I loss my mom recently to cancer and I just feel numb as well.. However still trying to be strong ❤
This music bring tears to a grown man eye. Exactly one year ago, my father pass away, my last word to him "Its okay dad, i will take good care of mum, you can go if you need to" His heart beat starts to drop and finally reach zero after those final words. I miss you dad
i wake, i go to school, i go home, i’m sitting here, alone, at school, at lunch. watching everyone walk past me. watching time go by every second, every minute. the loneliness is unbearable at times, though this timeless composition of music keeps me at peace.
Embrace the feeling of being alone, but do not let it take control. I, like so many, feel the pain of lonliness, but I look to the light to help me push through one minute at a time.
Put my baby girl down to this song... it felt so fitting... so much sorrow, yet at the same time so much beauty. I will forever remember her through this song; whilst it plays, I can still feel her in my arms as she passes. I hope I can see her again...
I have always associated this song with a loss of a child. As a father of two girls it never fails to bring me to tears. I cannot fathom what you must have gone through and the burden you carry. I am so sorry my friend.
Sorry for your loss - I know how it feels as my baby boy took his last breath and died in my arms as I was showering him with kisses bcs the hospital wouldn’t let me hold him most of the time. Journey well my friend
Elizabeth is 100% right! That morning was so cold! We shot for an hour or 2 before she arrived on set, the director and crew were amazing. Plus it’s always interesting to see what the director decided to keep. Regardless I’m so happy to be included in this piece. I’m the “blurry guy” smoking at 4:39
Wow, it is amazing that you were able to be a part of this wonderful short film. I would have loved to have been a part of this, given my mutual love for film and music. Thank you for sharing.
When a friend of mine overdosed and died when I was 16, i responded to the news by walking out the front door of my house and walking until I collapsed from exhaustion. I started my walk in Pasadena and collapsed in Burbank. Life is good for me now, but I think many of us have taken what I have come to calling “desolation walks”. This video reminds me of that hard time and the music dignifies the heartache of life. Max Richter is one of the greatest living composers and it meant the world to hear this and Infra played live.
Pasadena a Burbank 12 millas: 20 km😮estabas en absoluto shock😢por tu pérdida. Buena vida para ti😊 Saludos desde Argentina, escuchando esta profunda e intensa melodía de emociones hecha música.
Ugh, I almost hate this. This is the walk after finding out someone you love has died. The shell shock, violent cry out when alone, followed by a struck of numbness. I know this walk of pain too well.
😔 Even after months, I'm still numb. The only positive thing going mentally is at least I've been staying sober as it was and is very hard. Anyways I pray and hope you and all commenters stay strong! Much love and God bless.
Maybe it's just me but this song means to me the journey of finding, accepting and loving yourself with its ups and downs, with its good and bad moments, with all the tears shed and all the smiles shared.
Exactly.. when she started to cry in this clip it was like the same feeling as in the moment when she said goodbye to Nick and drove away with Holly.. 💔
I thought it was an inspiring song rather than doomer. Despite its melancholiness, *it gave me the impression that the sunlight gives hope for a better life, for a meaningful existence.* As, when you let the sunlight enter your house, and you wash yourself in its lightness, you wash away darkness and receive a warm welcome from the Sun. Every time I listen to this music, I see myself as a warrior preparing a band of hopeless men to face an impossible battle, as our hearts are inspired by the sunlight, happily our brotherhood march and chant warcries before our dramatic end in the battlefield... Better die in such a manner, inspired by this exogenous force from the Sun, than in quiet suffering. We did not know that victory was impossible, but the Sun brought such beautiful images and made our short life span so much happier...
My god, very few times music brings me to tears and this one is no exception. Once the violin starts i had to stop the music to give myself a moment of silence. Holy did this really hit me in the feels. Music can be so powerful to the right person. Cause you dont need words to convey exactly what the music wants you to feel. The notes are played just right for the human mind to interpret the art of the song. Beautiful.
The anthem of my life, one of the most important artist in our era. Elisabeth Moss and an amazing photography clip. I coudn't ask for something better. I love you Max. Greetings from Brazil/Deutschland
I'm a 40 y old guy who didn't have tears in his eyes for years. I moved with my family out of the city where our children were born and i walked on the last day along the river in front of our home with all the memories in my head. I put my earphones in and started this song and after a few moments tears ran down my face like never before. It really touched my soul! But i was sad on one hand to leave all the friends and places behind us. But especially i cried because i'm so happy with my wife and my children. I called my wife and told her...thank you Max for this moment!
She walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked...... and when the time comes to go to the next level, when she to start climb the long stairs ahead, she broke down. Stressed out. Cried. But soon she contained everything and kept moving. And that's life. People stay, people leave, shit happens all the time but change is permanent. Nomatterwhat, I always believe that I have the strength in me and I can pull myself up from any situation. I believe.
Honestly, when people ask me how it feels to be diagnosed with cancer I tell them about this video. Everything fits. You kind of walk around in an absolute daze. I was doing this same walk after I was diagnosed with breast cancer at 26 years old. I walked in the hospital a normal 26 year old and 10 minutes I walked out a cancer patient.
@@AirPhase I have exactly the same feelings 😭 My heart is broken.. I am devasted 💔 it was absolutely beautiful but in the same time so sad 💔 they even did not have to say "I love you" to each other. It was not necessary.. we all could see how much they love each other and they didn't even have to say a word ♥️ I wish they could be together as a proper family. June was so happy when she was driving to meet Nick.. and the moment when she heared him and saw him.. it was incredible ♥️
I was literally thinking of this song and trying to remember where it was from then it starts playing in the episode and I remember it’s from arrival lol
@@btvbrndn I watched Arrival, one of my favorite movies earlier tonight followed by Handmaid's 4.09. The first note played and I knew what was coming hahah.
I think that classical music actually saved my life. Seriously. And this is particularly beautiful. Music from the soul. God bless you all who find light through the darkness...
I lost my daughter and this music and video describes the struggle everyday. It’s heartbreaking and bittersweet. I will remember you forever my love. ❤
I think I'm the only person in the world that feels like flying when I heard this song. Isn't sad at all for me. It's the most beautiful song I ever heard. Makes me feel so so happy and so free. I really feel like I'm flying inside my heart. I love this song forever. I like to start the day listening this amazing music. I give all my love to this art. Thank you Max Richter. This is my jam..This song makes me really happy. Pure happiness, joy and hope. Pure love.
I feel that way either. It´s so difficult to find people who can feel nice and happy listening to songs like this. Most of them complain that it´s so sad, not motivating. I feel the opposit, I become abble to expand my feelings and see the simple things in life with more simplicity and at the same time with deep thoughts which bring me the conclusion that nature is so perfect. So many times I heard this song walking in a cold day feeling the cold wind in my face or finding autumn trees leaving their beautiful leaves to the ground. Music has the power to allow us expand your sense and accelerate your conscious' energy in a way we can see reality in a different way.
I came here for the same reason. So heartbreaking that scene was. Especially when June is in the car, going back home, and she shows so many different feelings, but mostly sadness, pain, frustration.
@@ReaderOfThreads He's right tho. Musically the piano is very rhythm based due to it's nature. Which can and does evoke powerful feelings. However, the violin is not limited to rhythm as it can also produce continuous sounds without any jumps, cuts, switches in tempo etc. Which leads to the violin creating the closest sound possible to sobbing as an example. It cuts deeper and if wounds could ever produce sound, a violin would be the only instrument able to replicate that. The violin and maybe the flute.
Max Richter's description is as poetic and beautiful, as the piece itself. He said that he wanted to create a luminousity and brightness, but made from the darkest possible materials, which encapsulates perfectly, how this piece feels like and why it resonates so strongly. Personally, i think It combines sadness and beauty at the same time like no other track, therefore creating melancholy in it's purest form. It's a masterpiece without any doubt.
When a piece of music translate exactly your state of mind, the heartache that can only be felt, not necessarily explained. I've been on those streets and shared those very same tears many times. When being sad is what you need to fully appreciate joy, when it comes.
I cried when i watched Arrival watching that ending scene with this song came Then i cried when i watched The last of us watching their last day with this song Such a beautiful song
I was bullied very badly and sexually abused when I was a kid. I made this same exact walk everyday after school, torn apart from the inside, wondering what was so wrong with me, crying and just filled with shame and anger and rage. This track means a lot to me now that I'm 40. I use this constantly in my music, sampled and chopped and pitched down and up all over the place. This might be my favorite piece of music ever written.
I had a normal, safe upbringing, ( but with a bit of anxiety around age 57) and yet this piece of music and this video just about floors me. So sorry to hear about your childhood, I can only imagine how it might affect you. I hope you still believe that most humans are inherently good, despite what you had to go through.
This whole video is how I'm living everyday after losing my mom and dad 9 days apart. Their lost is still by far the most traumatic thing I've ever experienced in my life. Just like the girl in the video, I live my life trying my best to get out of bed in the morning, go to work, and just try to survive the day. I am still in a catatonic state and I act normal but I know I am broken beyond repair. This video perfectly depicts how it feels to hold the grief in and breaking down when nobody is looking.
I'm sorry to hear about what you're going through. I lost both of my parents at a very young age and within a 2 year time frame. I was lost. People offered help and I didn't even know what I needed. I still struggle, but I assure you it will get easier. I held a lot of my feelings inside and I wish I could go back and actually talk to someone and just let it all out. Hang in there. It always works out!
Hello. The wheel of life is not exempt from these sad losses. Some have already reached it. Others, however, get used to the idea of losing a loved one sooner or later. So I accompany you in my support for your feelings. Great music. I heard it for the first time in 2016 in the movie 'Arrival'. It reached us all inside the soul. Very good musical notes that reflect the same. Is awesome. You can't help but shed tears. This video very good. You feel in tune with the actress who leaves the cafeteria alone. A message or saw the mobile unexpected responses. Maybe someone didn't come expected. Or perhaps your precarious situation is alone without support or the minimum. A great video. Finally, say that those feelings of the soul that we have all been able to suffer. In my case, I am lucky to surround myself with people and professionals from a multitude of trades and/or university degrees; they are friends. I am not alone. I think that helps. Having someone close that you can love or be loved. Don't forget that. I think we are in this life to be happy. Not everyone can. Not all get it. Do not be fooled by any prophet of illusion. It's the things of the heart, the ones we feel, the ones that have to receive sincere affection, love, company. 1 Hug.
*I meant that we don't get used to accepting losing someone even if it happens. 🙏 And the rest, sometimes, I comment as a non-personal generalization. For all. 🙂
@LYPROJSS Not sure if this helps, but I've found talking and opening up to people I DON'T KNOW helps tremendously! I have a hard time opening up to people that may "judge" me and I tend to hold back. I hope you're doing well 😊
Depression could be seductive push forward keep doing what you’re doing live life do some physical adventures hiking mountain biking take a little risk being happy and sad is normal but just don’t let sadness consume you
This song perfectly encapsulates my grief for my beloved mother who passed away from a short battle with cancer aged 63. She was my best friend and there will always be a part of me that will never heal from this loss.
Only her form that you saw with the eyes is gone. Her true Being is shared with everyone and everything and 'she', her true essence beyond the person she was, can be found by dropping your awareness into the heart space. I am a meditation and spiritual teacher. Please try it. Xxx
I recently moved to a new country, and I am dealing with hardcore depression and homesickness. I sympathize with the girl in this video completely. I understand her feeling of being lost. Her utter loneliness. Her feeling of having to keep on going even though her body and soul are just giving up...
My take: when walking in the streets, she looks impervious, unbothered. When in the solitude and privacy of the underpass, she starts to tear up and she finally breaks down. Only when she recovers she looks up, and goes back to her initial state, right before going back up to the streets, to the public eye. So, to sum up, everyone tries to look ok when around other people, even though the only thing they may want to do is scream into a pillow or weep. We are taught to repress emotions rather than show them. Then again, this is my take, and art, just like life, is open to interpretation. Feel free to share your take with me!
Well said... even with this in mind ... If I would cry (show emotions) under the view of the public eye my ego would active and let me feel unplesent. This whole game we are playing is cruel. It's on us changing it I guess, even if it's not easy to start with.
I think when she gets that call at the beginning, she finds out that someone she cares about has just died (she must've been waiting for them at the restaurant). So she goes out, starts walking with no particular destination in mind, she is so shocked and numb she doesn't even know how far she has walked and where she is. Closer to the end the reality of what happened sinks in and she finally breaks down.
I have felt this way these past 2 years... I have lost a person I loved so much and all I did was walk...go on endless solo walks and sometimes cry. I would breakdown and try to compose myself again and keep on going. This really hit me.... and made me cry again. Is there only grief in this life?
I think bootthief is right on this. If I’m catching the signs, she receives a seemingly painful phone call, and then throughout the piece is keeping her emotions at bay until the end, where her grief washes over her, but in the end, is able to push through. She also casts her attention on the wreath of flowers on the telephone pole as she walks by (another sign of death). Beautiful track.
I love how the cello is giving you the feeling of being grounded, tied to earth .. how the 2nd violin staying with you, showing you the path and guiding you like a bright light in a dark tunnel ... and the 3rd violin how it's lifting you up, giving you hope and assuring you that everything is ok. Together, you have solid ground on which you walk, a guiding light to take you out of a dark place, and hope.
What a phenomenal actrss. Just watched her in The Invisble Man. In this 6 minute music video it is a woman walking through an unremarkable landscape - but she looks like she's about to explode, or break down, at any moment. I paused the video just to note that I've been captivated by the most unremarkable footage but it's still amazing. Because of her face
She's walking in Toronto, where The Handmaid's Tale is filmed.. it's possible this video was shot while she was there filming the show. Maybe she was still in character because this reminds me a lot of June.
The look she has after her breakdown gives me chills. The determination in her eyes to keep going, to not let her sorrow stop her, is so powerful. There was a time in my life when I probably had the same look. Because no everyone can afford to stop, when we stop we give up on the future that we know we deserve after all the shit in our lives. A great way to put it is one of Illaoi’s quotes from LoL: “to die is to drown. So I will swim well. Until I can swim no more”
Some people are really struggling - feeling like they are treading water in the middle of the Indian Ocean and just can’t continue to keep their head above it - so I get your point in a different way.
I felt a rage in those eyes. Like she got a call someone had died and then in that moment when she arrives at the hospital, breaks down then maybe we realized whoever she lost, was taken from her, ie drunk driver something like that. hence the sudden change to almost rage. Just a take on her look though.
The musical piece that says the most with no words, the actress who says the most with no words. I fully expect that when I leave this world, this will be playing and giving me the courage to go where we go even if it might be nowhere
unreal! This is pure art, pure inspiration, pure human, and most of all it evokes the true spirit of the broken soul. What we walk around with everyday as an individual. Our constant thought of being utterly alone, even when surrounded by love, life, and breathe.
I love this song. I am always reminded of the movie Arrival which is one of my favorite movies because it is the first time that I heard it. This song makes me feel all kinds of emotions and I love that.
This piece of beautiful music make you feel loss and grief on a deeper level. But also gives you a sence that the person is still with you and taking care off you. I'm in tears my sister passed away a couple of months ago and I miss her terribly. But I know I will meet her again some day. She just got on the train before me Bless you Patricia always ❤️
Somehow I tear up at 3:40 when she stops to look back towards the path she went through. Doesn't one sometimes feel such raw emotion when looking back to one's past?
I love polish poem „Stepy Akermańskie” by Adam Mickiewicz, that has this 2 last lines: „ (...) In silence like that- I strain my ear so curiously, That i would hear voice from Lithuania- move along, noone’s calling” Sorry, but it was hard to translate, cause of idioms etc. i hope u understand
@@szymonkowalski4379 I left my comment here a year ago and it is so lovely to see you sharing your piece of favourite arts. I might not grasp the poem fully (English is not my native language either), but I suppose I can 'feel' it. Thank you so much for sharing, Szymon. :)
With every breath of the violin I feel it's vibrations. The next note after the other. When I lost my son, I found this song. The resilience shown in the beginning, the man petting the bird to me was personified of being let known of the loss of my little bird my son. The last dream of my son was in a train station, The skies were just white. My son ran to me. Clutching me, he looked at me with this beautiful green eyes. He said,"Tell Mami I love her!" I haven't seen him since. I miss him so much. I want my son back. But I have five more kids who need me to keep walking and be there, so I will keep walking. I love you my son, and I hope one day I will see you again. This song is so much more than the notes. This song speaks. There are no words. But it speaks. Thank you for creating this masterpiece.
Lost my mom in 2008. This is me, almost weekly. I want to go somewhere and scream at the top of my lungs, but I know I have to hold it together. This song gets to me though.
I have been blind all my life. I am blind still. But I hear and I can feel the light. As long as there is music, there will always be light. But only for a brief moment. Let me embrace it and never let it go.
@@robertcece6972 This was specially made for this music. She is a big fan of Max Richter, probably the other way around, she feels perfectly what the music wants to say, and this is one of the many ways to show this.
I found this song from arrival and its a terrifying, yet absolute brilliant piece. It captures the silence of the night but the feelings one might have when reflecting on their life. The peace, the loneliness, the mourning of another or for yourself. Like watching a film on your own life and you can't do anything but feel
I relate to this on every level as someone who wasted so much time literally and figuratively avoiding the light and connection for many reasons but if you keep moving forward and let yourself feel the highs and lows and breakdowns you human resiliency is really something else.
The score of this film makes Ted Chang’s work come to life. The prescience of Ted Chiang, Denis Villeveue, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stulhbarg, and the team that brought this movie to life- amazing.
I have watched this now over and over (and over) again. Every time with more questions about her loss and why no one helped her on her long and brave-faced walk that just ends in the flood of tears. You never ever know what someone else is going through, what burdens they bear, what crosses they carry. When my parents passed away, I went through this overwhelming grief, the misery of which this composition captures so well. I just wish someone helped her. A lesson for all of us in our own lives.
@@Anadorado88 Yes, indeed. But also why I always think those of us with 'first mover advantage', if I can put it that way, and who have been through it all, should help others who may not be as strong, to cope.
Elizabeth Moss directs the latest Testimony episode of Handsmaid’s Tale. Not only is she a phenomenal actress but such a talented director. She has this song playing when June and Nick part after meeting post-Gilead escape. That scene is beautiful, heart wrenching and exhilarating all at the same time.
I haven't been enjoying THT recently. But that scene really got me. That two people can be so deeply in love yet kept apart completely by circumstance is heart breaking.
This is the song I listen to, to remember my aunt. My only aunt, who died 12 days before Christmas from Covid pneumonia. I enjoy a lot of your work, but I never found words for my grief. They are each note in this song, I am grateful for it. Even as it makes me sad. Much love-Crystal
This song just slapped me in the face and I've burst into tears im a grown man and its making me remember things i dont want to but i cant stop listening its bizarre what it makes me feel 😢❤
This song has been used heavily but the way the last of us utilized it, was just amazing. Phenomenal acting, and one of the most moving episodes I’ve ever seen on tv.
The handmaids tale came to mind with seeing Elizabeth moss in this video ☺ I cannot listen to this beautiful piece of music without tears forming in my eyes.
This song perfectly encapsulates that walk, where you can't stop moving, like your almost hypnotized, overcome with thoughts. You have lost everything, yourself included. There is even a moment where she is at that mill, and she stops and looks behind her. She knows she can't go back, so she keeps mindlessly searching. Then she reaches the stair case. Exhausted, it's her final breaking point. This music, so perfectly accompanies the grief and abandonment felt. I've been on this walk of numbed dread, I'm sorry for anyone who has been on this walk, you're not alone. Even if it feels like it.
I watch this every so often when I've been ignoring my feelings for too long. I've felt a deep well in sadness in me for as long as I can remember. Nothing brings it out like this piece.
I've had this walk too back when I was struggling with anxiety and depression. I remember not being able to get off of the bed after crying the night to sleep, waking up feeling numb, not being able to cry anymore. Then comes endless images of the demons that haunted me, retelling all my issues in the voices of the people I know. I was contemplating on dying and when I was already at the top, the wind was chilly and it was almost sundown. The faces of people I love stopped me and I just cried myself to sleep again back in my room. That was three or four years ago. I am still battling the shadows behind me but I know this is going to be my life until I die someday. I accept that I am no longer whole.
So we are broken, if that is our fate so be it. We are alive by His grace, and we can only do what we can. I hope the best for you and that you find peace and joy.
We all are broken mate. No one is happy as they look. It is just how we look at the world. If we picture it has a place of comfort it will surely trouble us forever. World is cruel. When you accept it, it becomes very easy to live.
Superb song and video. Six minutes of a woman walking through an unremarkable urban landscape but it's mesmerising. The saddest moment isn't when she has her inevitable breakdown. The saddest moment is when she forces her emotions back behind their wall again. Whole thing is a masterpiece of music, direction and acting.
This song and video has definitely been something I’ve been through my life! I’ve played this song and so many others when I’ve been through the hardest times of my life, while I walked miles and miles just for no reason!! The last time this happened I played this song and walked for 13 miles and then just broken down on my knees crying, I man saw me ran to me and hugged me and told me “you are ok I got you” I held to him so hard! After we sat down at Mexican restaurant to make sure I was ok, he sat with me just to hold my hand and cried. He was just there making sure I was ok. I called an Uber and I hugged the man thanking him for being there for me! I will always remember him when I hear this song!
I can't imagine what it must have been like to be in the room the first time this was performed. I'm sure every musician there must have known that something special was happening. What a time to be alive.
If I’m happy I’m listening to this song, if I’m sad I’m listening to this song, If I’m motivated I’m listening to this song. Thank you Max Richter, this masterpiece gets me through everything
"Despite knowing the journey... and where it leads... I embrace it... and I welcome every moment of it."
Thank you
"Come back to me."
Loved your post. So very deep and humbling. Thank you.
Even when that journey is like walking g through hellfire?
@@SamuelBlack84 because that journey is part of starting any fire
This short film reminds me of the quote: "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about."
So true. So very true.
What is the name of this film??
Go Lyman High
You make me understand everything. : )
thats a nice quote.
That violin just breaks my heart.
Piango tutte le volte che l’ascolto 🥺🥺🥺
Me too
@ Cristina Luca, it's haunting beautiful Cristina, but yes... heart breaking
Please go and listen Piano, if you are still feeling heartbroken.
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This song changed my life and saved me. I was going through divorce. I lost my wife and stepdaughter, friends and family. I was lost. One night i felt like i had nothing. I sat there for hours crying. I had this song on repeat. For some reason i started to feel the sadness go away and felt almost a comfort come over me. I made it through the toughest night of my life. I have listened to this song probably a thousand times since. This video is the perfect example of what i was feeling that night. I wil always be thankful for this song.
Happy to hear it worked for you. I listen too when I feel all is lost. Kinda feels like I'm hearing the voice of God - even though I'm nowhere near religious.
@@ollieox9181 thank you
It's not surprising. When you cry, your pain goes away :D
I just cried my eyes out after hearing this at the end of shutter island. I've just been working almost nonstop except a few hours sleep for 3 days. For practically nothing cos I'm ill and will get worse I'm sure. Wtf is it all for.....
I've been through the exact same thing almost word for word. Only it took me ten years to get over it, but some days are still hard. A couple days ago I had an emotional relapse, but it's also when I discovered this song. I don't cry much, but I should..., this song is helping me heal all the way.
For some reason, whenever I hear this song, I feel something in my soul. I cannot distinguish if it is pain or love, happiness or sadness. But I think the point is that it makes you feel.
Life :)
Alive!
@@canMan656 yes, yes! that's what i exactly feel. I feel my every breath, they're getting bigger, louder and more intense and i really feel like I'm alive. At the same time im feeling densest fear from being alive, because of the knowledge of death. Thank you for naming it.
You need to first see a psychologist
Absolutely ❤️
'On The Nature Of Daylight' is a gift from Max Richter to all the people on this planet.
It's a masterpiece!
Indeed it is.
This emotionally charged, intense music brings back the subtle beauty of humanity whilst revealing all that is wrong with it without being too pungent. It is beautiful albeit sad. Sometimes this heartfelt melody makes me feel like I am standing still within a violent tornado of my shattered life and it is spinning way too fast for me to even try to hold onto any fragment of that lost life. Oh well, time to create a new one as each passing day is a chance for new memories to fill in the chapters in the book of life. :-)
@@DystrophicEvolution I hope you have some wonderful new chapters, memories and the kind of life that brings you much happiness!
Very good luck with it! 👍🏻
It is.
Have you heard this paired with "This Bitter Earth" by Diane Washington?
But wasn’t it before also in shutter island?
What makes this scene exceptionally well directed is the timing and location of her breakdown. As she walks down the city streets and the solitary country roads, she continues to hold herself together by maintaining the same rhythm of walking, putting one foot in front of the other, trying to keep the mental anguish at bay by focusing all of her mental resources on the physical action of walking. Her rhythm is the only thing keeping her from breaking down. But at the moment she encounters the stairs, and leans on the railings taking support, her rhythm is broken. At that precise moment her mind can no longer hold back the emotional turmoil and she breaks down. The brilliance is in how accurately this bit portrays the basics of human behaviour, extremely subtle yet incredibly powerful, and masterfully acted.
Such a well written explanation. Never figured this out myself.
You are so right. She was forced to break stride which allowed her grief to finally be set free. Such a profoundly beautiful and sad moment.
Sankalpa Banerjee I so agree with each word you said. And that is all what makes this video so impacting and emotional
Sankalpa Banerjee she is a brilliant female actor and so satisfied with on the nature of the daylight’s visual vision of Max.
Bhai Kitab likhna suru karo !!
Whether you are here after watching Arrival, Shutter Island or even The Last of Us, the one thing everyone can agree that this is one of the most heart touching musical scores of all time♡.
Also Togo, movie about dogs
YES YES YES. I watched the last of us, and then a week later I watched shutter Island, it was such a coincidence. This OST definitely grabbed my attention. I'm glad I went after it.
Disconnect. It was Disconnect that introduced me to this song.
@@kaufmanat1 same. And I'm very grateful for that.
@@bigkillerwhale1801 the end of Togo was rough when this song came on. I loved it all the same.
And that, my friends, is acting. No words required. Thank you, Ms Moss.
not kate moss though
She is incredible. I watched her in the Handmaid's Tale and I think it's safe to say she is one of the most gifted actresses out there. Her face just does all the work.
@@daveh8686No one said Kate. She's Elisabeth Moss.
You must really know your stuff……..like we care.
I love her.
This describes depression depression better than any words ever could.
Manchester by the Sea also does a good depiction of depression. (it's a movie, btw)
Loneliness too
The loss
😢
The beautiful sadness. 🙏💕🥲
This is how depression feels like. I suffer from complex PTSD (veteran) and have had moments when I was just walking aimlessly around London for hours thinking of ending it all. I watch this video and I can't stop myself from crying. Her face portrays the feelings I know too well..Heart wrenching
Praying for you right now. 🌾
please try MDMA assisted therapy even it mean go underground
Thank you for your service.
Take it easy Tomaz. I hope you find happiness.
Stay hard my brother hello from USA🙋♂️🇺🇸
To everyone that has done this walk . Some of us are still here . Some of us haven’t managed to hold on . Be kind . Always .
It's a neverending walk, and for me the walk gets heavier- and longer every single day.
This walk, for my personal journey, perfectly encapsulates cancer. I am so tired, those stairs look so steep. My soul aches.
I'm not stopping. It's ok to cry; keep walking forward!! ❤❤❤
@mosovanhe
I believe in you.
@natecw4164
You're a warrior, truly and fully. And a far braver soul than I.
@kyomu13 You have no idea how strong you actually are until life leaves you no choice. You'd be surprised what you're capable of. I do pray that's a realization you do not have presented to you by life, but should you, be strong!!
There is no moment when you don't believe her grief, her loneliness and her escape from herself. A masterpiece without a doubt.
U girls are like this?
I'M DEAD lol wtf is that supposed to mean?
What I don't understand is, why is she walking through the shittiest parts of town? That alley way at the start looks like a rapist's lair. I am not convinced by the video at all. It's ridiculous and unnatural.
I see it as an escape from an abusive relationship, as we see from the very first frame. a man, holding a bird, throughout the first part she is escaping. putting that life behind. midway through the clip, she is looking back. she is probably thinking to come back but then she pushes forward. anyway, BRILLIANT!
I'M DEAD the commenter’s name is Robert suggesting a male.
My son introduced me to the music of Max Richter, he was an aspiring film music composer himself and Max Richter was one of his heroes. My son struggled with Serious Mental Illness for years and in April 2024 he ended his own life. This piece turned up on my UA-cam feed today, my heart is broken.
May his soul rest in peace. & Hope you feel better soon 🍀
@@heatherh3750 I'm sorry for the previous heartless comment,my heart really goes to you
Sorry for your loss. I hope you can find the strength to keep going
AI? its the overly correct capitalisation.
Peace be onto those who have lost.
@heather - my son loved this song - he passed away from suicide on July 16/24.
In one of his notes he said that I was the only one of the people that he knew that understood this song.
I know this pain and lost so deeply.
This is what grief looks like.
I feel like a walking corpse since dad passed away.
I miss you always
You are not alone, it's 4 yrs since my dad passed and I miss him dearly. Many days are tough but I keep busy caring for my mother ♥
I'm very sorry for your loss first and foremost.. I completely understand how you're feeling and I hope you are doing ok. I loss my mom recently to cancer and I just feel numb as well.. However still trying to be strong ❤
This music bring tears to a grown man eye. Exactly one year ago, my father pass away, my last word to him "Its okay dad, i will take good care of mum, you can go if you need to" His heart beat starts to drop and finally reach zero after those final words.
I miss you dad
❤
Im french but i understand your Words. Take care of you and your father. You have my all thinking..
😢
@@apetahiekuntzcan we become friends?
Shutter Island (2010),
Disconnect (2012),
The Innocents (2016),
Arrival (2016),
Castle Rock (2018)
Movie name?
Quite an accomplished song
First contact?
add Togo (2019)
Souvick Mandal and also in Togo❤️
i wake, i go to school, i go home, i’m sitting here, alone, at school, at lunch. watching everyone walk past me. watching time go by every second, every minute.
the loneliness is unbearable at times, though this timeless composition of music keeps me at peace.
You are not alone. Be brave
do not go gentle in to that good night, my friend. be brave. rage, rage against the dying of the light
I hope you are well, seek help if you can, you are someone strong
Embrace the feeling of being alone, but do not let it take control. I, like so many, feel the pain of lonliness, but I look to the light to help me push through one minute at a time.
I hope your okay. you got this. keep going angel x
I feel stupid for typing this. But I feel like all my life I've heard this tune.
Nothing stupid in that. Same here.
Wally Raza nicely said. Try Philip Glass’s metamorphosis. It’s also stunning and evocative in my opinion.
That's one of the deepest remarks I have read in a long time.
You and me both, dude
Same here. This film feels like someone lifted my heart out and put it onscreen. My entire inner life, forever.
Put my baby girl down to this song... it felt so fitting... so much sorrow, yet at the same time so much beauty. I will forever remember her through this song; whilst it plays, I can still feel her in my arms as she passes. I hope I can see her again...
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ hearts to your baby gir. Wherever she is right now am sure she is smiling at you ❤
I have always associated this song with a loss of a child. As a father of two girls it never fails to bring me to tears. I cannot fathom what you must have gone through and the burden you carry. I am so sorry my friend.
Sorry for your loss - I know how it feels as my baby boy took his last breath and died in my arms as I was showering him with kisses bcs the hospital wouldn’t let me hold him most of the time. Journey well my friend
"All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why." James Thurber
This hit me.. I'm trying to hide from it all atm. I think all of us at some point..
Thank you
watch everything is in its right place, captain ahab version
What we are running from is the end of our lives.
Find Jesus
This feels like holding on to the last bit of strength left inside of you.
@EricClaptonmusicinc hi :) Who r u exactly?(not in a rude manner,just curious)
Burdened with so much inside - I wish it would all drain out.
Thats why its called definition of daylight. It will come back.
holding the last pickle inside my arse 😢😢😢
Like lettin go of it to me.
Elizabeth is 100% right! That morning was so cold!
We shot for an hour or 2 before she arrived on set, the director and crew were amazing. Plus it’s always interesting to see what the director decided to keep. Regardless I’m so happy to be included in this piece.
I’m the “blurry guy” smoking at 4:39
Wow, it is amazing that you were able to be a part of this wonderful short film. I would have loved to have been a part of this, given my mutual love for film and music. Thank you for sharing.
what is this?
Tell us more plz
please tell us more
Hello blurry guy , Elizabeth moss has to be the best actress ever , when she smiles I smile, when she cries I cry , everything is so real
When a friend of mine overdosed and died when I was 16, i responded to the news by walking out the front door of my house and walking until I collapsed from exhaustion. I started my walk in Pasadena and collapsed in Burbank. Life is good for me now, but I think many of us have taken what I have come to calling “desolation walks”. This video reminds me of that hard time and the music dignifies the heartache of life. Max Richter is one of the greatest living composers and it meant the world to hear this and Infra played live.
Je te souhaite une belle vie, et ceci est pour ton ami
"Dignifies the heartache of life", what a beautiful way to put it.
Pasadena a Burbank 12 millas: 20 km😮estabas en absoluto shock😢por tu pérdida.
Buena vida para ti😊 Saludos desde Argentina, escuchando esta profunda e intensa melodía de emociones hecha música.
I felt how my heart broke in to pieces when he played this one after The Leftovers Soundtrack in NY.
I grieve for your loss and can only hope your friend's soul is at rest and their spirt is at peace.
Shutter Island (2010),
Disconnect (2012),
The Innocents (2016),
Arrival (2016),
and now ... this piece of art with Elisabeth Moss (2018).
PastiDT *the leftovers (2017)
THE LEFTOVERS, the freaking best tv show ever
The Congress as well
Benni lazza
are you sure?
You missed stranger than fiction (2006)
ua-cam.com/video/dSyrQpSTya8/v-deo.html
Ugh, I almost hate this. This is the walk after finding out someone you love has died. The shell shock, violent cry out when alone, followed by a struck of numbness. I know this walk of pain too well.
You and me both.
David Thompson sorry bud, I don’t wish that on anyone.
It never leaves.
Wow, I’ve never heard it described as -a struck of numbness. But that’s what it is; that’s definitely what it is.
😔 Even after months, I'm still numb. The only positive thing going mentally is at least I've been staying sober as it was and is very hard. Anyways I pray and hope you and all commenters stay strong! Much love and God bless.
this one helps me mourn my friend who died recently and had introduced me to this music, REST IN PEACE
My condolences
Maybe it's just me but this song means to me the journey of finding, accepting and loving yourself with its ups and downs, with its good and bad moments, with all the tears shed and all the smiles shared.
Now this video makes perfect sense. This is Post-Gillead June in Toronto.
Exactly.. when she started to cry in this clip it was like the same feeling as in the moment when she said goodbye to Nick and drove away with Holly.. 💔
👍
@@Elizabeth_Thorne_1890 that was a deep moment
@@Elizabeth_Thorne_1890 With Nicole ❤️
When the song need no lyrics and the face need no talk, but you still understand it all.
well said, brother. Well said.
Everybody gangsta until On the Nature of Daylight starts playing
Well said
Bwhahahahahaahahaha this comment
ironic for a comment from a gangsta
Hahahahahah very very true
I thought it was an inspiring song rather than doomer. Despite its melancholiness, *it gave me the impression that the sunlight gives hope for a better life, for a meaningful existence.*
As, when you let the sunlight enter your house, and you wash yourself in its lightness, you wash away darkness and receive a warm welcome from the Sun. Every time I listen to this music, I see myself as a warrior preparing a band of hopeless men to face an impossible battle, as our hearts are inspired by the sunlight, happily our brotherhood march and chant warcries before our dramatic end in the battlefield... Better die in such a manner, inspired by this exogenous force from the Sun, than in quiet suffering. We did not know that victory was impossible, but the Sun brought such beautiful images and made our short life span so much happier...
My god, very few times music brings me to tears and this one is no exception. Once the violin starts i had to stop the music to give myself a moment of silence. Holy did this really hit me in the feels.
Music can be so powerful to the right person. Cause you dont need words to convey exactly what the music wants you to feel. The notes are played just right for the human mind to interpret the art of the song. Beautiful.
the best visual that fits this song well is the final scene of arrival imo
Febrian Prisley ABSOLUTELY
John North I cry EVERY SINGLE TIME I watch the movie
I think Teddy’s dream about his wife is also a good candidate
yeah!! the perfect fit
God the first time I watched arrival I wanted to cry so hard lmao fuck that movie
What a powerful presence she has!
blessed be the fruit
May the Lord open!
tomajortom we've been sent good weather!
Nolite te bastardes carborundum
What was she told on the phone? Family member passing? Husband cheating??
The anthem of my life, one of the most important artist in our era. Elisabeth Moss and an amazing photography clip. I coudn't ask for something better. I love you Max. Greetings from Brazil/Deutschland
Müllerandia could not have said it better
Müllerandia svs
Mas este video é de algum filme?
Max didn't write it or play.... it was real Jews Mahler and Me.... as a child of a holocaust survivor... Ask Barry Soetoro.. ask Leo...
The strength we all find every day.
First thing I listen to every morning....
Every time i hear this I remember my brother. he died in a car accident in October 24 this year.
you’re always in our hearts. :(
I'm sorry for your loss. R. I. p. Your brother.
I'm so sorry for your brother.
so sorry........
I’m sorry 😔
My deepest condoleances...may his soul rest in peace!!!...Courage!
I'm a 40 y old guy who didn't have tears in his eyes for years. I moved with my family out of the city where our children were born and i walked on the last day along the river in front of our home with all the memories in my head. I put my earphones in and started this song and after a few moments tears ran down my face like never before. It really touched my soul! But i was sad on one hand to leave all the friends and places behind us. But especially i cried because i'm so happy with my wife and my children. I called my wife and told her...thank you Max for this moment!
I imagine that was lovely to hear.
Great words, thoughts and deeds - thank you for sharing
Get some vitamine D my man. Exercise a bir too.
aww thats nice.
You are so blessed to have people in your life..
She walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked...... and when the time comes to go to the next level, when she to start climb the long stairs ahead, she broke down. Stressed out. Cried. But soon she contained everything and kept moving. And that's life. People stay, people leave, shit happens all the time but change is permanent. Nomatterwhat, I always believe that I have the strength in me and I can pull myself up from any situation. I believe.
sorry what is the name of movie?
Its not always that "i believe i can bring me up from anything.." -easy..
@@CptAkira it never is but nobody ever said it was...
"Change is permanent" hit me...
More love to you Abdul Kareem
Honestly, when people ask me how it feels to be diagnosed with cancer I tell them about this video. Everything fits. You kind of walk around in an absolute daze.
I was doing this same walk after I was diagnosed with breast cancer at 26 years old.
I walked in the hospital a normal 26 year old and 10 minutes I walked out a cancer patient.
Who's here after The Handmaid's Tale Season 4 episode 9. The scene where June and Nick share a screen. It was phenomenal.
I felt like my entire being died after watching that scene.
@@AirPhase I have exactly the same feelings 😭 My heart is broken.. I am devasted 💔 it was absolutely beautiful but in the same time so sad 💔 they even did not have to say "I love you" to each other. It was not necessary.. we all could see how much they love each other and they didn't even have to say a word ♥️ I wish they could be together as a proper family. June was so happy when she was driving to meet Nick.. and the moment when she heared him and saw him.. it was incredible ♥️
here we
I was literally thinking of this song and trying to remember where it was from then it starts playing in the episode and I remember it’s from arrival lol
@@btvbrndn I watched Arrival, one of my favorite movies earlier tonight followed by Handmaid's 4.09. The first note played and I knew what was coming hahah.
I think that classical music actually saved my life. Seriously. And this is particularly beautiful. Music from the soul. God bless you all who find light through the darkness...
I am so impressed with Elizabeth's Moss ability to express so much without a word. No doubts she brings a lot of emotions to The Handmaid's Tale show.
jusole piano She reminds me of Romy Schneider, similar intensity
Her performance in Girl, Interrupted is also incredible, specially considering that it's one of her earliest works... Amazing movie and acting
I lost my daughter and this music and video describes the struggle everyday. It’s heartbreaking and bittersweet. I will remember you forever my love. ❤
She may rest in peace 🖤.
I think I'm the only person in the world that feels like flying when I heard this song. Isn't sad at all for me. It's the most beautiful song I ever heard. Makes me feel so so happy and so free. I really feel like I'm flying inside my heart. I love this song forever. I like to start the day listening this amazing music. I give all my love to this art. Thank you Max Richter. This is my jam..This song makes me really happy. Pure happiness, joy and hope. Pure love.
You are not alone in this. It fills whatever voids we have. My heart soars. This is part of my running playlist.
Well put a lovely post fantastic music you said it all
Absolutely, it's not sad its make you like a bird flying over the blue sky.
I feel that way either. It´s so difficult to find people who can feel nice and happy listening to songs like this. Most of them complain that it´s so sad, not motivating. I feel the opposit, I become abble to expand my feelings and see the simple things in life with more simplicity and at the same time with deep thoughts which bring me the conclusion that nature is so perfect. So many times I heard this song walking in a cold day feeling the cold wind in my face or finding autumn trees leaving their beautiful leaves to the ground. Music has the power to allow us expand your sense and accelerate your conscious' energy in a way we can see reality in a different way.
I feel the same way!! Makes me feel hope, love, complete beauty.
The Handmaid's Tale season 4 ep 9 brought me here. What a beautiful scene between June and Nick and this music made it extra especial
Yeaaah me tooo such a wonderful and heartbreaking episode
I came here for the same reason. So heartbreaking that scene was. Especially when June is in the car, going back home, and she shows so many different feelings, but mostly sadness, pain, frustration.
where can i watch the scene on youtuve?
@@arianaliu8922 here: ua-cam.com/video/1Oceeb_3FlM/v-deo.html
There's no instrument that can quite project emotions like the violin
Piano
@@ReaderOfThreads He's right tho. Musically the piano is very rhythm based due to it's nature. Which can and does evoke powerful feelings. However, the violin is not limited to rhythm as it can also produce continuous sounds without any jumps, cuts, switches in tempo etc. Which leads to the violin creating the closest sound possible to sobbing as an example. It cuts deeper and if wounds could ever produce sound, a violin would be the only instrument able to replicate that. The violin and maybe the flute.
@@julianleft4662What about cello?
Nostalgia
Cello
Max Richter's description is as poetic and beautiful, as the piece itself. He said that he wanted to create a luminousity and brightness, but made from the darkest possible materials, which encapsulates perfectly, how this piece feels like and why it resonates so strongly.
Personally, i think It combines sadness and beauty at the same time like no other track, therefore creating melancholy in it's purest form. It's a masterpiece without any doubt.
That's me when my mother died. Hard to sleep at night. I tired myself by walking, with no exact destination,,,, just walking...
I hope you're better now.
I hope you are doing better. May her soul rest in peace.
Same.
I hope you are doing well, doing everything you love in your and your mother's pride :)
x2 😔
When a piece of music translate exactly your state of mind, the heartache that can only be felt, not necessarily explained. I've been on those streets and shared those very same tears many times. When being sad is what you need to fully appreciate joy, when it comes.
I feel the same.
Thanks for this ♡
"The only true death is to never live."
- Kindred
« Tomorrow is a hope, never a promise. »
- Kindred
"Every life ends with us"
-Kindred
"Beauty fades. That is why it is beautiful"
-Kindred
"I See water!"
"They are called tears"
-Kindred
He says “ shut up darkness “
-kindred
This is one of the most incredible yet emotional pieces of music out there.
I cried when i watched Arrival watching that ending scene with this song came
Then i cried when i watched The last of us watching their last day with this song
Such a beautiful song
same all around
Same
Only just recovered from that then they pulled it out for the last of us. Straight up shouted at the TV. traumatic and I love it! 😅
Thank you! I knew I heard this song before, I just couldn’t remember where 😅
you will bawl your eyes out on shutter island if you haven't seen that one
I was bullied very badly and sexually abused when I was a kid. I made this same exact walk everyday after school, torn apart from the inside, wondering what was so wrong with me, crying and just filled with shame and anger and rage.
This track means a lot to me now that I'm 40. I use this constantly in my music, sampled and chopped and pitched down and up all over the place. This might be my favorite piece of music ever written.
Same story thanks for sharing
So sorry to hear that. This is also my favourite piece of music ever created.
I’m sorry. I would like to have been there for you.
😔
I had a normal, safe upbringing, ( but with a bit of anxiety around age 57) and yet this piece of music and this video just about floors me. So sorry to hear about your childhood, I can only imagine how it might affect you. I hope you still believe that most humans are inherently good, despite what you had to go through.
This whole video is how I'm living everyday after losing my mom and dad 9 days apart. Their lost is still by far the most traumatic thing I've ever experienced in my life. Just like the girl in the video, I live my life trying my best to get out of bed in the morning, go to work, and just try to survive the day. I am still in a catatonic state and I act normal but I know I am broken beyond repair. This video perfectly depicts how it feels to hold the grief in and breaking down when nobody is looking.
I'm sorry to hear about what you're going through. I lost both of my parents at a very young age and within a 2 year time frame. I was lost. People offered help and I didn't even know what I needed. I still struggle, but I assure you it will get easier. I held a lot of my feelings inside and I wish I could go back and actually talk to someone and just let it all out. Hang in there. It always works out!
Hello. The wheel of life is not exempt from these sad losses. Some have already reached it. Others, however, get used to the idea of losing a loved one sooner or later. So I accompany you in my support for your feelings. Great music. I heard it for the first time in 2016 in the movie 'Arrival'. It reached us all inside the soul. Very good musical notes that reflect the same. Is awesome. You can't help but shed tears. This video very good. You feel in tune with the actress who leaves the cafeteria alone. A message or saw the mobile unexpected responses. Maybe someone didn't come expected. Or perhaps your precarious situation is alone without support or the minimum. A great video. Finally, say that those feelings of the soul that we have all been able to suffer. In my case, I am lucky to surround myself with people and professionals from a multitude of trades and/or university degrees; they are friends. I am not alone. I think that helps. Having someone close that you can love or be loved. Don't forget that. I think we are in this life to be happy. Not everyone can. Not all get it. Do not be fooled by any prophet of illusion. It's the things of the heart, the ones we feel, the ones that have to receive sincere affection, love, company. 1 Hug.
*I meant that we don't get used to accepting losing someone even if it happens. 🙏
And the rest, sometimes, I comment as a non-personal generalization. For all. 🙂
@LYPROJSS Not sure if this helps, but I've found talking and opening up to people I DON'T KNOW helps tremendously! I have a hard time opening up to people that may "judge" me and I tend to hold back. I hope you're doing well 😊
Depression could be seductive push forward keep doing what you’re doing live life do some physical adventures hiking mountain biking take a little risk being happy and sad is normal but just don’t let sadness consume you
Every time I listen to this I feel my mother hugging me. Thank you max.
This song perfectly encapsulates my grief for my beloved mother who passed away from a short battle with cancer aged 63. She was my best friend and there will always be a part of me that will never heal from this loss.
Only her form that you saw with the eyes is gone. Her true Being is shared with everyone and everything and 'she', her true essence beyond the person she was, can be found by dropping your awareness into the heart space. I am a meditation and spiritual teacher. Please try it. Xxx
Believe in Jesus Christ and that he died for you and your mother, conquered death and rose from the dead and you will see her again one day.
Ti abbraccio forte ❤
I recently moved to a new country, and I am dealing with hardcore depression and homesickness. I sympathize with the girl in this video completely. I understand her feeling of being lost. Her utter loneliness. Her feeling of having to keep on going even though her body and soul are just giving up...
Seek help if you can, it must be hard to be going through something like this, you are not alone, thanks for staying strong, I hope you feel better
You will get through it I am sure. Give more time. I went through same thing. It was hard, but it will pass
Touba (Just thought i'd say your name- in case you felt me willing better feelings for you)
Can you tell me this video is which movie
„Are you there dear wolf ?”
„I am little lamb „
„How does its feels like ?”
„Like a long hunt without kill”
~Kindred
Elizabeth Moss one of my favourite actresses,she has unbelievable skill to play , acting only even by using eyes, so expressive.
This is not dark. It is so healing.
It will always blow my mind how a song with no lyrics and an (incredible) actress with no script can make me so damn emotional
My take: when walking in the streets, she looks impervious, unbothered. When in the solitude and privacy of the underpass, she starts to tear up and she finally breaks down. Only when she recovers she looks up, and goes back to her initial state, right before going back up to the streets, to the public eye.
So, to sum up, everyone tries to look ok when around other people, even though the only thing they may want to do is scream into a pillow or weep. We are taught to repress emotions rather than show them.
Then again, this is my take, and art, just like life, is open to interpretation. Feel free to share your take with me!
Well said... even with this in mind ... If I would cry (show emotions) under the view of the public eye my ego would active and let me feel unplesent. This whole game we are playing is cruel. It's on us changing it I guess, even if it's not easy to start with.
I think when she gets that call at the beginning, she finds out that someone she cares about has just died (she must've been waiting for them at the restaurant). So she goes out, starts walking with no particular destination in mind, she is so shocked and numb she doesn't even know how far she has walked and where she is. Closer to the end the reality of what happened sinks in and she finally breaks down.
you are 100% correct.
I have felt this way these past 2 years... I have lost a person I loved so much and all I did was walk...go on endless solo walks and sometimes cry. I would breakdown and try to compose myself again and keep on going. This really hit me.... and made me cry again. Is there only grief in this life?
I think bootthief is right on this. If I’m catching the signs, she receives a seemingly painful phone call, and then throughout the piece is keeping her emotions at bay until the end, where her grief washes over her, but in the end, is able to push through. She also casts her attention on the wreath of flowers on the telephone pole as she walks by (another sign of death). Beautiful track.
This song describes exactly the confussion of extreme sadness and emotional pain
I love how the cello is giving you the feeling of being grounded, tied to earth .. how the 2nd violin staying with you, showing you the path and guiding you like a bright light in a dark tunnel ... and the 3rd violin how it's lifting you up, giving you hope and assuring you that everything is ok. Together, you have solid ground on which you walk, a guiding light to take you out of a dark place, and hope.
Wonderful explained. Hope is all. Thank you.
Your description is perfect and helped me enjoy this music even more. What a gift, Thank You!
What a phenomenal actrss. Just watched her in The Invisble Man.
In this 6 minute music video it is a woman walking through an unremarkable landscape - but she looks like she's about to explode, or break down, at any moment. I paused the video just to note that I've been captivated by the most unremarkable footage but it's still amazing. Because of her face
Except The invisible man was trash
There's nothing unremarkable about that landscape.
She's walking in Toronto, where The Handmaid's Tale is filmed.. it's possible this video was shot while she was there filming the show. Maybe she was still in character because this reminds me a lot of June.
Yes, she is that kind of actress. Few actors capture and convey the heaviest of emotions like Miss Moss has learnt to do.
@@jlwilder8436 really? I think she's a flat, one dimensional, boring as hell actress.
The look she has after her breakdown gives me chills. The determination in her eyes to keep going, to not let her sorrow stop her, is so powerful. There was a time in my life when I probably had the same look. Because no everyone can afford to stop, when we stop we give up on the future that we know we deserve after all the shit in our lives. A great way to put it is one of Illaoi’s quotes from LoL: “to die is to drown. So I will swim well. Until I can swim no more”
And look how far she’s come
Some people are really struggling - feeling like they are treading water in the middle of the Indian Ocean and just can’t continue to keep their head above it - so I get your point in a different way.
I felt a rage in those eyes. Like she got a call someone had died and then in that moment when she arrives at the hospital, breaks down then maybe we realized whoever she lost, was taken from her, ie drunk driver something like that. hence the sudden change to almost rage. Just a take on her look though.
The musical piece that says the most with no words, the actress who says the most with no words.
I fully expect that when I leave this world, this will be playing and giving me the courage to go where we go even if it might be nowhere
I was watching TLoU then this music starts and I remember I heard this before in arrival too and now I'm here. A true masterpiece
I was watching the episode and as soon as I heard this masterpiece I started crying.
Shutter island
i was watching the episode then i remember i listened this on Kindred quotes in League Of Legends :)
Stranger than Fiction
unreal! This is pure art, pure inspiration, pure human, and most of all it evokes the true spirit of the broken soul. What we walk around with everyday as an individual. Our constant thought of being utterly alone, even when surrounded by love, life, and breathe.
I found the video detracted from the music - which is one of m favourites. The video was extremely dull in my view.
Nick Brengle idk why but im moved by your comment :’)
thanks for this comment, made me understand the essence of the video and the thoughts of our lives
But so very real!
Well observed, couldn't have put it any better
I love this song. I am always reminded of the movie Arrival which is one of my favorite movies because it is the first time that I heard it. This song makes me feel all kinds of emotions and I love that.
One of the best movies.
I agree, it is a phenomenal movie. Such a phenomenal message. Plus, what it means to comprehend the language and what it allows you to do, amazing.
This piece of beautiful music make you feel loss and grief on a deeper level. But also gives you a sence that the person is still with you and taking care off you. I'm in tears my sister passed away a couple of months ago and I miss her terribly. But I know I will meet her again some day. She just got on the train before me
Bless you Patricia always ❤️
Music like this makes our sorrow bearable, we all need something beautifully melancholy to listen to when we’re grieving.
that is worded really nicely
Max Richter. Elizabeth Moss. The Director. Cinematographer. Genius.
Dinah Washington erased 😢
Somehow I tear up at 3:40 when she stops to look back towards the path she went through. Doesn't one sometimes feel such raw emotion when looking back to one's past?
I love polish poem „Stepy Akermańskie” by Adam Mickiewicz, that has this 2 last lines:
„ (...) In silence like that- I strain my ear so curiously,
That i would hear voice from Lithuania- move along, noone’s calling”
Sorry, but it was hard to translate, cause of idioms etc. i hope u understand
@@szymonkowalski4379 I left my comment here a year ago and it is so lovely to see you sharing your piece of favourite arts. I might not grasp the poem fully (English is not my native language either), but I suppose I can 'feel' it. Thank you so much for sharing, Szymon. :)
Magisterial Voyager this poem is in polish originally. Thats only my translate
@@MagisterialVoyager i believe basically means move on there's nothing left for you back here (in your past).
With every breath of the violin I feel it's vibrations. The next note after the other. When I lost my son, I found this song. The resilience shown in the beginning, the man petting the bird to me was personified of being let known of the loss of my little bird my son. The last dream of my son was in a train station, The skies were just white. My son ran to me. Clutching me, he looked at me with this beautiful green eyes. He said,"Tell Mami I love her!"
I haven't seen him since. I miss him so much. I want my son back. But I have five more kids who need me to keep walking and be there, so I will keep walking. I love you my son, and I hope one day I will see you again.
This song is so much more than the notes. This song speaks. There are no words. But it speaks. Thank you for creating this masterpiece.
Lost my mom in 2008. This is me, almost weekly. I want to go somewhere and scream at the top of my lungs, but I know I have to hold it together. This song gets to me though.
Lost mine in 2018 then my Dad 2021 I've lost a lot of people.
My heart screams for them everyday.
Its been 15 years man, get help
I lost my mom in 2006. This song truly expresses emotion, in all its forms.
@@Townesvanwaitsget a soul.
@@TownesvanwaitsScrew you. Just screw you, you compassionless troll.
I honestly dont know why...but this piece makes me cry a little bit every single time I hear it. I love it
A true masterpiece by Richter and Elizabeth Moss carries so much emotional impact in her face alone. Nothing needs to be said. Brilliant.
It's because she's quite ugly
I have been blind all my life. I am blind still. But I hear and I can feel the light. As long as there is music, there will always be light. But only for a brief moment. Let me embrace it and never let it go.
I love how Elizabeth Moss can be so unfathomably intense by doing so seemingly little.
Exactly. This was just her going on her morning walk.
@@465marko Can you tell me what movies this was? I don't think I've seen it & want to see it. Thank you.
I adore her. So underrated!
@@robertcece6972 This was specially made for this music. She is a big fan of Max Richter, probably the other way around, she feels perfectly what the music wants to say, and this is one of the many ways to show this.
@@tomhighsmithOhhhhh! I thought this was from Handmaid's Tale when she got free of Gilead. I'm glad I searched comments and found this.
Love that she included this song in the HT episode directed by her this week.
She directed quite a few of them in the last season...
@@filipha Yes, I know...
I found this song from arrival and its a terrifying, yet absolute brilliant piece. It captures the silence of the night but the feelings one might have when reflecting on their life. The peace, the loneliness, the mourning of another or for yourself. Like watching a film on your own life and you can't do anything but feel
I relate to this on every level as someone who wasted so much time literally and figuratively avoiding the light and connection for many reasons but if you keep moving forward and let yourself feel the highs and lows and breakdowns you human resiliency is really something else.
The score of this film makes Ted Chang’s work come to life.
The prescience of Ted Chiang, Denis Villeveue, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stulhbarg, and the team that brought this movie to life- amazing.
I have watched this now over and over (and over) again. Every time with more questions about her loss and why no one helped her on her long and brave-faced walk that just ends in the flood of tears. You never ever know what someone else is going through, what burdens they bear, what crosses they carry. When my parents passed away, I went through this overwhelming grief, the misery of which this composition captures so well. I just wish someone helped her. A lesson for all of us in our own lives.
Grief is a lonely process
@@Anadorado88 Yes, indeed. But also why I always think those of us with 'first mover advantage', if I can put it that way, and who have been through it all, should help others who may not be as strong, to cope.
Elizabeth Moss directs the latest Testimony episode of Handsmaid’s Tale. Not only is she a phenomenal actress but such a talented director. She has this song playing when June and Nick part after meeting post-Gilead escape. That scene is beautiful, heart wrenching and exhilarating all at the same time.
Such directorial sensibility! I got vibes of Villeneuve.
I thought it was episode 4x09 “Progress” where June and Nick meet again. Nonetheless it was such beautiful scene directed by Lizzie.
I haven't been enjoying THT recently. But that scene really got me. That two people can be so deeply in love yet kept apart completely by circumstance is heart breaking.
@@proximacentauri2684 It happens, and I'm not sure it's possible to ever just get over it.
Yeah, that scene was such a masterpiece
This is the song I listen to, to remember my aunt. My only aunt, who died 12 days before Christmas from Covid pneumonia. I enjoy a lot of your work, but I never found words for my grief. They are each note in this song, I am grateful for it. Even as it makes me sad. Much love-Crystal
This song just slapped me in the face and I've burst into tears im a grown man and its making me remember things i dont want to but i cant stop listening its bizarre what it makes me feel 😢❤
This song has been used heavily but the way the last of us utilized it, was just amazing. Phenomenal acting, and one of the most moving episodes I’ve ever seen on tv.
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Omega yesss. I knew what song this was the moment the first note came in.
I just discovered that myself
are you gay?
I had tears pouring down my face. What a beautiful episode
The handmaids tale came to mind with seeing Elizabeth moss in this video ☺ I cannot listen to this beautiful piece of music without tears forming in my eyes.
Ew, she’s a cultist.
EH what you on about 🤷♀️?
This song perfectly encapsulates that walk, where you can't stop moving, like your almost hypnotized, overcome with thoughts. You have lost everything, yourself included. There is even a moment where she is at that mill, and she stops and looks behind her. She knows she can't go back, so she keeps mindlessly searching. Then she reaches the stair case. Exhausted, it's her final breaking point. This music, so perfectly accompanies the grief and abandonment felt. I've been on this walk of numbed dread, I'm sorry for anyone who has been on this walk, you're not alone. Even if it feels like it.
When I’m gone I won’t be able to tell people how beautiful this song is
I watch this every so often when I've been ignoring my feelings for too long. I've felt a deep well in sadness in me for as long as I can remember. Nothing brings it out like this piece.
Been a fan of Richter's since first watching The Leftovers on HBO. His music ALWAYS brings me to tears.
I've had this walk too back when I was struggling with anxiety and depression. I remember not being able to get off of the bed after crying the night to sleep, waking up feeling numb, not being able to cry anymore. Then comes endless images of the demons that haunted me, retelling all my issues in the voices of the people I know. I was contemplating on dying and when I was already at the top, the wind was chilly and it was almost sundown. The faces of people I love stopped me and I just cried myself to sleep again back in my room. That was three or four years ago. I am still battling the shadows behind me but I know this is going to be my life until I die someday. I accept that I am no longer whole.
How are you tonight?
So we are broken, if that is our fate so be it. We are alive by His grace, and we can only do what we can. I hope the best for you and that you find peace and joy.
We all are broken mate. No one is happy as they look. It is just how we look at the world. If we picture it has a place of comfort it will surely trouble us forever. World is cruel. When you accept it, it becomes very easy to live.
Elisabeth Moss is the best. What an incredible actress. It's always a pleasure to watch her work.
Superb song and video. Six minutes of a woman walking through an unremarkable urban landscape but it's mesmerising.
The saddest moment isn't when she has her inevitable breakdown. The saddest moment is when she forces her emotions back behind their wall again. Whole thing is a masterpiece of music, direction and acting.
This song and video has definitely been something I’ve been through my life! I’ve played this song and so many others when I’ve been through the hardest times of my life, while I walked miles and miles just for no reason!! The last time this happened I played this song and walked for 13 miles and then just broken down on my knees crying, I man saw me ran to me and hugged me and told me “you are ok I got you” I held to him so hard! After we sat down at Mexican restaurant to make sure I was ok, he sat with me just to hold my hand and cried. He was just there making sure I was ok. I called an Uber and I hugged the man thanking him for being there for me! I will always remember him when I hear this song!
I hope things are better for you now.
He Was à angell
I hope you are okay. Stay strong et believe in your self
This a beautiful story . Im crying 😩
Who is this movie ? Please . I don’t speak english sorry 😐
I can't imagine what it must have been like to be in the room the first time this was performed. I'm sure every musician there must have known that something special was happening.
What a time to be alive.
If I’m happy I’m listening to this song,
if I’m sad I’m listening to this song,
If I’m motivated I’m listening to this song.
Thank you Max Richter, this masterpiece gets me through everything