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Mike LeighScenario:
Mike LeighCamera:
Dick PopeMuziek:
Andrew DicksonActeurs:
Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook, Elizabeth Berrington, Michele Austin, Lesley Manville, Ron Cook (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
Hortence, een jonge zwarte vrouw, weet al van kindsbeen af dat ze geadopteerd was. Terwijl de rest van de familie na de dood van haar pleegmoeder om het huis vecht, beslist Hortence haar biologische moeder op te zoeken. Tot haar grote verbijstering is haar moeder blank. Ze woont samen met haar dochter Roxanne en heeft een moeilijke relatie met haar broer Maurice, een bruiloftsfotograaf. Zodra het 'geheim' van Hortence aan de oppervlakte komt, komen er een heleboel andere familiegeheimen bovendrijven. (RCV Film Distribution)
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A conversation-driven drama lasting more than two hours, which shows that Mike Leigh chose absolutely brilliant actors for each role, and they mastered their parts perfectly. It's human yet somewhat distant, and very emotional, but you don't feel like it's being overacted. The characters are so well acted that you believe their emotions.
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Leigh’s method looks so simple. He comes up with several situations that could be encountered anywhere, casts actors who improvise with ease and starts filming. His approach to capturing the major dramas of ordinary people is actually much more conscientious, as it requires precise preparation and a lot of patience, as well as a bit of luck. In any case, it is not obvious from the result that it was long planned and thought out. It gives the impression of being very raw and very lively. Whenever the content of a scene allows it, Leigh lets the camera run without interruption and the actors do their work in one take. Particularly in scenes with multiple characters, however, I would not omit the visual composition, which serves for clarity and tells about the relationships between the characters. The dominant blue-grey hue corresponds to the “freezing” of feelings, the inability to openly communicate and fear of the truth and responsibility. These are solemn topics, but they are very close to the way we live. Despite that, the end of the film still offers a certain degree of hope. 85%
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