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Someone Somewhere
USA / Finland 2019
produced by Hannu Aukia, Jaakko Manninen, Miska Kajanus, Juha Ilmari Laine, Mohamed El Manasterly, Nic Izzi for No-Office, Black Lion Pictures
directed by Hannu Aukia, Jaakko Manninen (co)
starring Milla Puolakanaho, Miska Kajanus, Alexis Kerouac, Kentrell Newton, Corsica Wilson, Leah Lamarr, Sarah B. Jacobs, Casey Kramer, Ali Pickard, Arlene Parness, Eric Nelson, Keianna Thompson, Juliana Morgan, Ivana Kinnunen, Monte Stone, Hopper Stone, Stephen Lamarche, Russ Taylor, Robert Bravo
story by Hannu Aukia, screenplay by Hannu Aukia, Jaakko Manninen, Miska Kajanus, Juha Ilmari Laine, music by Veikki Virkajärvi, Vertti Virkajärvi, Hannu Aukia, Omar El-Deeb
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Milla (Puolakanaho), an actress from Finland, has been accepted into a
Hollywood acting school, so she decides to leave everything, including her
young daughter, behind to try to make her dream come true and move to LA
to become an actress. But her dreams are soon squashed, as it doesn't take
her long to feel alone in the big city, the acting school isn't what she
had expected and seems to be more like group therapy than anything helping
her in her craft, auditions are few and far between, and roles even more
so. Her only friend in LA is Alexis (Kerouac) a transsexual writer working
on a script about her experiences - something Arlene (Parness) is very
interested in, who has dreams of becoming a powerful producer but
presently she's living in her car. Another narrative thread features a
stand-up comic (Miska Kajanus) who has fallen from grace but has taken to
mentoring a young female stand-up (Sarah B. Jacobs) in an effort to redeem
himself. Yet another subplot tells the story of an Instagrammer (Kentrell
Newton) who has fallen in love with his sketch partner, not seeing that
his feelings are not reciprocated. And these are just some stories that
make up the real Hollywood ...
Even if not all of us want to become Hollywood actors, Someone
Somewhere offers a story (or rather set of loosely connected stories)
about the painful side of following one's dreams that's pretty much
universally relatable, and it works quite so well because it doesn't try
to create a larger-than-life narrative, rather presents its stories as
slices of life, with sometimes comedic, sometimes tragic edges, but a
certain light-footedness to all of them. And a rather grounded cast really
brings the film to life, making this entertainment that is bound to
strike an emotional chord with you.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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