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On The Sea (UK)

By Golu
This one's a beautiful, tender, quiet romantic drama with a moody atmosphere, set in a tight knit Welsh fishing community. It's a touching story about a man waking up sexually in the middle of his life, and how he, his family, and everyone around him deal with it, which makes it emotional and sentimental without ever getting over the top. The slow burn plays out against a landscape that's as bleak as it is gorgeous, where quiet, closed off men are stuck inside rigid ideas of what masculinity should be. Some people might be reminded of "God's Own Country," but I think both films are lovely in their own way. Jack is a middle aged guy who co-owns a mussel farm with his rough around the edges brother Dyfan, and the tension between the two of them is simmering under the surface right from the start. Dyfan's three sons all help out with the work, while Jack's sulky teenage son Tom keeps skipping out. Jack's been with his wife since they were both 16, and...
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Las Heridas Del Viento (Spanish) [Wounded By The Wind]

By Golu
Not every subject that is suitable for a theatre play can lend itself fine as a movie. I mean, if you are trying to make a movie , then make it like a movie. Why try to stage a play in the name of movie. As an audience that confuses me, especially when its just two characters only driving the whole thing.

The story is simple. David, middle of the three brothers is wrapping up his father's estate after his death. Amongst other things, he finds a box of letters which have not been catalogued, which is very unlike his father. When he realizes that the letters are actually love letters written by another man, curiosity gets better of him and he wants to go meet this man and understand why his father was leading a secret life and was he really involve with another man. He decides to meet Juan, a meeting that doesn't go very well at first. Juan then visits David to read all letters and tells him the story of how they met and all.

A black and white film in today's time with only two principal actors leading the show is a risky proposition. On top of that when it has a very theatrical feel and full of monologues. I completely had lost my interest after first 30 minutes when I realized that even the conversations between David and Juan were so made up and artificial. As actors the two do a splendid job, actually but its the direction that fails according to me. A very good looking David was the only watchable thing about this film. Role of Juan is actually played by an actress, which I realized only while I was watching the film and felt something was different. This film could have been so much more into a study of past, heartbreak, melancholy and being gay in 'those' times but this film falls way short of all this. (3/10)
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luigi43 said…
It reminds me "The man who my father loved " , the title is the program ! A decent Japanese movie : a film not a stage reproduction done in 2018.
July 15, 2021 at 1:25 PM
Golu said…
bringing stage play as a film doesn't necessarily always work. I will look for the Japanese one you mentioned
July 19, 2021 at 9:33 AM
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