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by
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contributor Rory Dollard |
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If
you're looking for a great night out and you want change from a
fiver then the Showroom cinema should be one of your very first
ports of call.
I was
unsure quite what to expect - never having been to see a foreign
or arthouse film before.
My
chosen title was 'The Son of the Bride' or, to give it its original
name, 'Il Hoja de la Novia'.
It
could be total fluke but what unfolded in this low-key Argentinean
yarn was quite the best piece of cinema I have seen in many months.
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This
was in spite of, or perhaps more accurately because of, the fact
that it was so far removed from any Hollywood funded mega-bucks
set piece that it was hardly recognisable as the same medium.
No
car chase, no pyrotechnics and no delete-as-applicable star (think
Vin Diesel/ Ben Affleck/ Leonardo DiCaprio).
Instead
'The Son of the Bride' was a moving, thought provoking and at times
uncontrollably funny portrayal of one man's attempt to reconcile
a life of family, business and tiramisu.
The
subtitles are not the problem many believe them to be, especially
for a generation brought up on Star Wars and Jabba the Hut; in fact
they were barely noticeable after five minutes.
It was so far removed from Hollywood that it was hardly recognisable
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Rory Dollard
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Doubtless
not all alternative films can be of this calibre but for a couple
of quid it is certainly worth the gamble.
It
is really refreshing to see a film driven by human interest and
not by product placement, merchandising deals or the open-ended
possibility of prequels/ sequels.
If
you catch a good one you will be heartened not only by the quality
of the piece itself but also by the idea that there is life beyond
The Matrix and Keanu Reeves.
And
if you catch a duff one, then at least you can always sound mysterious
and vaguely intellectual at dinner parties...
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