This film is set in the early 1990’s in Iraq. Their president at the time was Saddam Hussein, and they were under strict UN-backed sanctions. His people lived in extreme poverty. There were food shortages, and the people had limited access to medicine.
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This time-traveling fantasy plot is big on revenge. It takes place at the end of the 16th Century in the kingdom of Denmark full with a princess you’ll love getting to know.
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This is, quite simply, really good. Jodie Foster plays an American Psychologist Dr. Lilian Steiner. Once married to a Frenchman, Dr. Gaby Haddad (Daniel Auteuil), with whom she shares a son, she’s comfortable in France and with the language, so much so that the only way to know she isn’t French is when she speaks using her American accent.
Whether the character she plays is tooling around in her scooter trying to catch some bad guys (Thelma), giving her ex and her son a hard time (Nebraska), or telling Charlie, the grocery clerk, to “Go fetch” some not yet stocked items she knows are in the back, June Squibb is the actress to play the part. You’re going to love the effort.
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This is a Docufiction, a genre that blends documentary and fictional filmmaking to create a story that feels both real and staged.
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If you like the song “Islands in the Stream” by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, this is the movie for you. Well, there’s more.
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The title will be easier for you to remember and understand when you separate the section “go to the dogs” and analyze it. Something going to the dogs means it is in decline… it’ll “go down the drain.” I just wanted to say that. Read more
Look elsewhere if you’re looking for a fair amount of passion for the night. The idea of romance, and the desire for it, is here, but don’t look for deep meaning beyond a few dreamy looks in the romance department.
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