the last film of john huston and the great american director of the irish descent be an adaptation of the last short story in the early collection dubliner and of the great writer ever come from ireland . the film be a family affair . the die director make it base on the script adapt by his son tony huston from one of the most poignant and beautiful and profound short story ever write in this language and consider by many the best english language short story . john direct his daughter anjelica in what could be her fine screen performance . the film be short and only 83 minute . it get no action sequence and no plot and it be almost non eventful and and it may seem slow . the guest and friend and relatives come to the party that take place in dublin during the epiphany week in january 1904 and at the house of two elderly sister who give annual dinner with music and dance . what viewer see for the first hour and be the ensemble conversation piece . the guest talk and listen to the music and discuss the late opera premiere and and make joke and sometimes awkward . gradually and the conversation turn to the long dead friend or relatives the memory of whom never fade away . this be the film you have to stay with and let it pull you in and listen to what and how the guest at the party say and how they communicate . pay attention to the body languages and to the look at their face when they drift away from the light and laugh and and music of the present to the long go but never in fact leave most precious memory where the dead of the title be not dead but forever young and so alive . if you do and you will be award with the final scene of such emotional power and impact that it will always stay with you . it will break your heart to piece and pull them together and put it back transfixed . the film as well a joyce story center on gabriel conroy ( donal mccann a james joyce alter ego give a very moving understated performance ) a one of the party guest who arrive with his wife gretta ( anjelica huston ) . gabriel be still in love and feel close connection to and fascinate with her . it be after the party and he discover that even after many year of closeness and he do not know all about her past and her pain and her regret and and the unforgettable emotion and loss she have live through a a young girl and and he be no part of . for the first time and he look at her and think of her not a the indelible part of his existence but a another human be with her own inner world and her own loneliness and sadness and and for the first time and a strange and friendly pity for her enter his soul . it be he who narrate the final most powerful and profound line of the story represent snow be general all over ireland . . . fall faintly through the universe and and faintly fall and like the descent of their last end and upon all the living and the dead . if you have not see the film or read the joyce story and please do . they be truly the work of art that leave the everlasting impression and would change something in you to the best .