15 Park Avenue

Just watched this new movie from Aparna Sen ... the sweetheart of "serious" cinema community of India (or bengal). This is a story about Schizophrenic girl (played by Kankana - Aparna's daughter). But it is more about the whole concept of reality/realism and the notion of how it meshes with our daily reality. It brings out a basic question ... what is reality. Obviously it's a philosophical question and yet to be really answered.
Aparna Sen takes this question from a different perspective. Instead of really arguing on what reality is ... she allows her central charector ... who is schizophrenic and lives in her own little reality ... to move into her own reality at the end of the movie and finally reach happieness. And at that point everyone starts to find their own little "personal" reality ... and search for the "15 Park Avenue". Its a dramatic end ... and a great one.
But I have complains too. Why she needed to go through various incidents to kick Schizophrenia into Kankana ... I can understand that's what medical science says ... but for a movie that ends with a defying stubbornness ... those were unnecessary. Also some specific scenes which are created to build the case for Kankana's schizophrenia were out of proportion ... just may be little bit out of context ... just don't go well with the overall symphony of the movie.
But overall it stays with a very sweet experience and kicks off certain questions about self and reality.
Overall ... you will either like it or hate it ... Hopefully the earlier ...