A tearjerker, maybe too much too obvious, narrative is also not loose enough, not my favorite Leigh, but some scenes are so good that it's inconceivable anyone else could've done it besides Mike Leigh.
#SLIFF2022 一星给opening night film带来的仪式感…I wish it could be more meta but 对film ontology的探讨像插入的“格言”一样游离在故事主线边缘…如同借男主口说出的那句“cinema as an escape“这个故事对爱社会议题a计划2甚至电影本身的表现都充满“浪漫化”的处理很美美到废墟上散发的全是无根的“新生”…(and来美国第六年依然get不到白人的笑点……)