The paths of life (The Roads Not Taken) is a 2020 Swedish-British-American drama film directed by Sally Potter from a screenplay by Sally Potter. The film premiered on March 13, 2020.
Javier Bardem plays Leo, a writer in New York who has suffered a stroke and now lives by choice in a gloomy single room, serviced by caregiver Xenia (Branka KaticThe only person who seems to still love him is his daughter Molly (Elle Fanning), who one chaotic day has to take him to the dentist and eye doctor while dealing (via her cell phone) with a stressful work situation.
Meanwhile, Leo is tormented by memories of the tragedy in Mexico with his first love Dolores (Salma Hayek), and also from a nervous breakdown he seems to have had in his later married life when Molly was a baby – perhaps the origin of his current condition. He spends some time on a Greek island, ostensibly working on a book, but in reality withdrawing from his new American family, and there he is captivated by a beautiful young woman (Katya Mullova-Brind) – a dangerous, vivid insight that, in his stricken state, he cannot explain or express to Molly, no matter how much he wants to and no matter how desperately she tries to understand it.
