🇨🇦 What to watch this weekend

A new comedy movie on Netflix

Dear friends,

After rewatching the first season of Euphoria and catching up on the episodes that are out of the second, I’m convinced there has never been a more complicated time to be a parent. If you have kids, especially teenagers, you deserve a new medal at the end of each day for your efforts.

I wish you all a great weekend.

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OUR TOP MOVIE OF THE WEEK

Donkeyhead

New on Netflix 🍅 rating: 86%

This Canadian drama is directed by, written by, and stars first-time director Agam Darshi. It’s a labor of love about a 30-something woman who takes care of her sick father while trying to become a writer.

Mona (the character) comes from an immigrant Indian family, and she is proudly the black sheep of the bunch. When a visitor greets her with “God is Truth” in Punjabi, she replies in English with “Merry Christmas”, and when aunties catch her smoking she gives them the middle finger. Not to mention she is sleeping with a married man.

And yet the way the movie is made it works as a universal story - one about finding purpose in taking care of one’s parents while navigating complex family dynamics.