The Carer - Film Review - Screening at Luna on SX and Paradiso Cinemas

The Carer - Film Review - Screening at Luna on SX and Paradiso Cinemas

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Posted 2016-08-15 by Douglas Sutherland-Brucefollow

Thu 25 Aug 2016

The Carer is a simple story, simply told. What makes it special is that none of the characters involved are simple. They are the great and the good, the mean and the bad, often the same people.



Sir Michael Gifford (Brian Cox) is a great acting knight in his declining years. He has a form of Parkinson's, walks with difficulty and is, in every respect, a dying tiger. No clearer example of Dylan Thomas' precept could be found. He is not going gentle into that good night, not him.

He needs a carer, but so far has rejected every single one until a Hungarian girl, an actor in embryo, Dorottya (Coco König in an impressive film debut) is forced upon him by his daughter Sophia (Emelia Fox, in a beautifully judged performance).



The two strike up a friendship, based on a common love of Shakespeare, and before long are developing a friendship that threatens some existing relationships.

Backed by a formidably competent cast, the star of the show is Brian Cox, a supremely talented and experienced actor, classically trained and drawing on decades of art, his Sir Michael is a treat, in turns moving, breath-taking in its depth and shaded and lit by the incandescent flame of Shakespeare.



The scene where he gives Lear's speech about 'how sharper than a serpent's tooth' is at one level a lesson in how Shakespeare should be spoken and at another, higher level, a scene of such power that when it ends you draw a long ragged breath, not realising you'd been holding it for so long.

I have long been an admirer of Brian Cox as an actor, previously considering his playing of Herman Goering in Nuremburg (200) to be his most impressive. This o'er tops it. A clip from that movie can be viewed on YouTube here .

The movie goers who will most enjoy this show will be those with a passing knowledge of Shakespeare, stage or growing old. Everyone else will still enjoy it, but this is a movie for actors, directors and theatre aficionados.
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The Carer%% is by turns poignant, funny, sad and uplifting. It runs from August the 25th at Luna on SX and Paradiso Cinemas. If you'd like to see the trailer it can be viewed 1916 the-carer here .

Oh, and if you're the sort of person who leaves as soon as the credits start to roll - don't, you'll miss quite a lot.

Beautifully and lovingly filmed and directed in an unobtrusive, polished way, The Carer is a true gem.

I cannot recommend this film too highly. This is as good as acting and film-making gets.



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