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Saturday 20th April 2024

Spain 2022

Running time: 116 mins

Alcarràs

Director : Carla Simón

Film Summary :
A family of peach farmers loose their land
Film Category
The 2020s
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Reviewed by rogerco, DVD proj @ home on 20 Apr 2024

Charming and engrossing

A charming picture of the tensions of extended family life against a background of external threat in a gorgeous setting.



Saturday 13th April 2024

Ireland 2022

Running time: 95 mins

The Quiet Girl

An Cailín Ciúin

Director : Colm Bairéad

Film Summary :
Young girl is sent to stay with elderly cousins for the summer while mum is having her firth baby.
Film Category
The 2020s
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Reviewed by rogerco, DVD proj @ home on 13 Apr 2024

Damaged people in rural setting

A slow and slightly intense movie about a withdrawn child finding her place in the world. Not much happens, but everything changes



Saturday 6th April 2024

UK 2021

Running time: 94 mins

Cow

Director : Andrea Arnold

Film Summary :
The life of a dairy cow
Film Category
Uncategorised

Reviewed by rogerco, streamed on 06 Apr 2024

Engrossing

Life (spoiler alert - and death) of a dairy cow on a mass production dairy farm from the cow's point of view. Engrossing as you get to understand the relationship between cows a bit - even when they are in prison and torn away from their children who they grieve for. Quite moving really - must only buy organic dairy produce henceforth.



Saturday 16th March 2024

Brazil 2019

Running time: 139 mins

The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao

A Vida Invisível

Director : Karim Aïnouz

Film Summary :
Kept apart by a terrible lie and a conservative society, two sisters born in Rio de Janeiro make their way through life each believing the other is living out her dreams half a world away.
Film Category
The 2010s
Film Tags

Reviewed by Roger CO, DVD proj @ home on 16 Mar 2024

Brilliant Beautiful and a bit Tragic

A wonderfully crafted film and a good story set mostly in 1950's Rio with episodes from the parallel lives of two close sisters intertwined.

Excellent cinematography and music track to complement it. Very engrossing story as life evolves.



Saturday 9th March 2024

Japan 2023

Running time: 124 mins

Perfect Days

Director : Wim Wenders

Film Summary :
Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.
Film Category
The 2020s
Film Tags

Reviewed by rogerco, Watershed Bristol on 09 Mar 2024

Slow and unsatisfying

Slow paced, minimal dialogue, at first intriguing as we discover his fixed daily life, but ultimately we learn nothing - why is he living this happy life, what ws his past that brought him to these sunlit uplands. Only the vaguest hints are provided - he has a wealthy sister, he is estranged from his elderly father, his niece remembers him from a time before - but what was the watershed? We'll never know. Possibly he has forgotten. 



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