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Greys Inbetween
UK 2009
produced by Andrew Tomlinson, Bally Meeda (executive) for Ambient Film
directed by Andrew Rajan
starring Natasha Bain, Charles Mayer, Mark Rice-Oxley, Kit Warrington, Jane Hoare, Fraser Ayres, Lizzie Ballinger, Terry Doe, Marene van Holk, Fred Lancaster, Patrick Niknejad, Mark Speight, Lily Thomson, Eleanor Wyld
written by Andrew Rajan, music by Jim Pinchen
review by Mike Haberfelner
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It's been three weeks since Jane Grey (Natasha Bain) has been left by
her lover, Duncan (Charles Mayer), and the separation should not at all
have come as a surprise, since he's married with child, and their
get-togethers always were of a hush hush nature - and yet, the break-up
has left Jane in shatters, so much so that for three weeks she had slept
in her car outside of his house just to get a glimpse of him and the like.
And she has texted him, time and again, pretty much pressuring him into
meeting her again, if nothing else just to give her closure. And this film
shows the lead-up to that meeting, as Jane, a struggling actress, wastes
away her day in the usual manner, including going to an audition she knows
too soon she's not right for, taking a singing class, going to the
National Gallery and the like, all the while musing about her place in the
world, as a black woman in London, and an actress at that, coming from a
white foster family that always let her feel her other-ness, and finally
ending up in a relationship as the woman on the side until ultimately
being laid off. Of course, there's still hope Duncan will take her back,
but is that a good thing? And what if not? A rather unique film
that's told almost entirely in its lead characters long off-screen
monologues while showing her going through trivial and seemingly random
routines that only gradually gain actual meaning the deeper we get into
Jane's mind. And as random as some of the scenes seem, they're all rather
beautifully filmed, but without letting the aesthetics smother the film's
story. And both in voice and in body - which are pretty much separated in
this movie - Natasha Bain gives a very impressive performance. And all of
this combines makes up for an unusual but highly worthwhile cinematic
experience.
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