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This is Your Song
USA 2023
produced by Masha Karpoukhina, Hassan Said (executive)
directed by Hassan Said
starring Briana Walsh, Jordan Potch, Joanna Kay, Edward Hightower, L. Jeffrey Moore, Luke Myers, Jenna Davi, Allison Lovejoy, Rurik Caragan Aldrich
written by Hassan Said, Lourdes Figueroa, music by Brad Fischer
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Up-and-coming actress Jules (Briana Walsh) has just finished a
successful run of a play at a local theatre in San Francisco, and coming
home she finds her writer husband James (Jordan Potch) has prepared a
fancy dinner for their 7 year wedding anniversary - but it soon becomes
clear that not everything's alright between them, starting with the fact
that he hasn't been at her final performance. Then he opens up to her that
he is about to accept a corporate job so they can move to the suburbs and
she can become his kept (house-)wife, totally giving up on his aspirations
to break through as a writer, and also on her theatrical ambitions. She
instead wants to go to New York for half a year to star in an off-Broadway
show. So their relationship stants on rocky grounds to put it mildly, and
to some extent Jules has had enough of James, but he's deeply devoted to her and would do
whatever it takes to save their relationship - even if with him
"whatever it takes" takes an at time very dark turn ... Let's
address the elephant in the room first, the majority of the movie is shot
in one single take that clocks in at 97 minutes - which is in itself quite
a feat ... but that said, technical achievements do not necessarily make
good movies. But fortunately, This is Your Song has more to offer
than just endurance on the cinematographer's behalf, as the camerawork is
also really dynamic and offers the audience with a truly cinematic
experience, which of course is also helped by the aesthetics of the film's
set design and costumes. And the script is as clever as it is engaging and
thought-provoking, without ever forgetting to entertain. And the film's
stage-trained leads are more than up to carry the film rather beatifully,
making this a pretty unique experience.
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