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Being Dead
USA 2020
produced by John Meyers, Che Meriales, Eytan Nicholson (executive), Mark Yellen (executive), Brian Rogers (executive), Nancy Bessey (executive), Andrew Hopkin (executive), Daniel Hopkin (executive)
directed by John Meyers
starring Elizabeth Marvel, Linus Roache, Emilotte Persson, Daniella Alma, Matthew Luret, Kathryn Erbe, Esther Hafner, Nicholas Wilder, Don Scribner, Desiree Christa Ricker, Gavin Peretti, Luis Fernando Patiño, Peter Donahue, Nicole Marisela Romero, Andrew Hopkin, James Wilcox, Ayana Brown, Salvador Coco, Aaron Andrade, Francis Watkoskey, Donna Sorbello, Rafael Silva, Dimarco Dalton, Faye Weiss, Adam Chouinard
screenplay by John Meyers, based on the novel by Jim Crace, music by Ben Meyers
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Joseph (Matthew Luret) and Celice (Daniella Alma) met each other on a
science camp in the 1960s when they were both aspiring scientists, and
they studied an as-of-yet undiscovered species of insects - and fell in
love over it. Now it's 1999, they (now played by Linus Roache and
Elizabeth Marvel) have since married, have had a daughter, Syl (Emilotte
Persson), who has since grown up and grown estranged from their parents,
and their love has over the years lost all their romance. And then they
read that the area they have studied that rare insect species back when
has been repurposed as building grounds and thus this particular species
will lose its natural habitat and probably go extinct. So to rekindle what
they've once had, they travel back to that special place - but often the
best intentions lead to the worst outcomes ... A rather
masterfully constructed drama that tells its story simultanously on three
independent narrative levels - Joseph and Celine young and in love, Joseph
and Celine trying to recapture the romance in their lives, daughter Syl
trying (and failing) to reconnect with her parents - that are yet so
closely interconnected that the three threads feel like one whole. Add to
that a directorial effort that's subtle and atmospheric at the same time
and avoids all kitsch, and very grounded, sometimes even underplayed
performances, and you've got a very touching film - that feels real enough
to maybe make one shed a few tears even.
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Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to -
a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic to the weirdly romantic,
tales that will give you a chill and maybe a chuckle,
all thought up by the twisted mind of screenwriter and film reviewer Michael Haberfelner.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to
the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
Out now from Amazon!!! |
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