The problem with nostalgia is that it’s not real. Perhaps you can kid yourself for a while that the past is past – but eventually, the truth will out. Some beautiful scenes between an adult son and his ailing mother and a final 10 or so minutes which are incredibly tense – not in a horror sense, but in the nagging thought that something untoward is about to happen; every Vespa that buzzes past, every open-windowed Fiat slowing down to take a sharp bend in the maze of narrow streets… Currently available to rent on various platforms in the UK and US.
Certain things bind us in adversity. In this film, the tie that binds is being a woman. A compelling tale of female solidarity set in rural Spain and Portugal in the 1970s, the film made history for director Jaione Camborda, who this year became the first Spanish woman to win the top film prize at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.
Past Lives (dir Celine Song)
This was beautiful and wistful all the way through but that last scene just tied everything together in such an emotionally mature and real way. Do we ever properly grieve the childhood we no longer have? Currently available to rent on various platforms in the UK and US.
Nostalgia (dir Mario Martone)
The problem with nostalgia is that it’s not real. Perhaps you can kid yourself for a while that the past is past – but eventually, the truth will out. Some beautiful scenes between an adult son and his ailing mother and a final 10 or so minutes which are incredibly tense – not in a horror sense, but in the nagging thought that something untoward is about to happen; every Vespa that buzzes past, every open-windowed Fiat slowing down to take a sharp bend in the maze of narrow streets… Currently available to rent on various platforms in the UK and US.
O corno / The Rye Horn (dir Jaione Camborda)
Certain things bind us in adversity. In this film, the tie that binds is being a woman. A compelling tale of female solidarity set in rural Spain and Portugal in the 1970s, the film made history for director Jaione Camborda, who this year became the first Spanish woman to win the top film prize at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.
Past Lives (dir Celine Song)
This was beautiful and wistful all the way through but that last scene just tied everything together in such an emotionally mature and real way. Do we ever properly grieve the childhood we no longer have? Currently available to rent on various platforms in the UK and US.
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