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35 Shots of Rum
2009
Time and romantic attraction threaten to sour a family relationship in this drama from writer and director Claire Denis. Lionel (Alex Descas) is a middle-aged widower who makes his living driving a train and shares an apartment with his twenty-something daughter Josephine (Mati Diop). Lionel and Josephine have a warm and caring .. Read more
| Starring | Grégoire Colin, Alex Descas, Mati Diop, Nicole Dogue |
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| Director | Claire Denis |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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35 Shots of Rum
Time and romantic attraction threaten to sour a family relationship in this drama from writer and director Claire Denis. Lionel (Alex Descas) is a middle-aged widower who makes his living driving a train and shares an apartment with his twenty-something daughter Josephine (Mati Diop). Lionel and Josephine have a warm and caring relationship, and while it's not Lionel's nature to say very much, his affection for his daughter is clear. Lionel's on-and-off girlfriend Gabrielle (Nicole Dogue) and their footloose friend Noe (Gregoire Colin) live in the same building, and together the four have fallen into a casual family relationship. However, when's Lionel's close friend and fellow driver Rene (Julieth Mars Toussaint) announces he's retiring, Lionel becomes painfully aware that he's not as young as he once was, and realises how much he depends on his daughter. This knowledge sets Lionel on edge when Jospehine's friendship with Noe begins to evolve into a romantic relationship, while she is angered when she spies her father flirting with an attractive woman who runs a nearby diner.
| Starring | Grégoire Colin, Alex Descas, Mati Diop, Nicole Dogue, Eriq Ebouaney, Jean-Christophe Folly, Gregoire Colin |
|---|---|
| Director | Claire Denis |
| Studio | DRAKES AVENUE PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French, German |
| Released | DVD: 19 Oct 2009 Production year: 2009 |
| Format | DVD |
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French director Claire Deniss marvellous latest feature is a portrait of the close relationship between widowed... read more on Time Out
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21 out of 21 people found this review helpful
A beautiful film in which nothing much happens
If you like action, excitement, a narrative story that takes you from A to B.... don't bother. This wonderful film doesn't have a standard story / plot but is a beautifully and closely observed window into the lives of a train driver and his daughter. A quiet and spacious film in which little is spoken... but so much about the characters is shown through their interactions, expressions and the details of their lives. I saw this at the cinema with a friend. We went in without any particular expectations, both found it a gentle and moving film and left the cinema feeling that we'd really hit the jackpot. If you like intelligent, emotionally literate cinema that doesn't bash you over the head to make a point - start here.
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Subtitles Don't Work 2
Like Minny above, we found the subtitles on this disc didn't work.
Very disappointing, for two reasons. Firstly, it is a clearly a known problem and there are still discs in circulation that can't be viewed properly. Secondly, with the current postal dispute going on, I've missed out on a rental. I expect a rental credit to my account to be added automatically but I doubt it will. -
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35 Shots of Rum
Time and romantic attraction threaten to sour a family relationship in this drama from writer and director Claire Denis. Lionel (Alex Descas) is a middle-aged widower who makes his living driving a train and shares an apartment with his twenty-something daughter Josephine (Mati Diop). Lionel and ...
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