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Yes, Great Britain
Sally Potter's latest film is a fascinating piece of intellectual candy, and easily Filmbrain's favorite of the Berlinale so far. Wrapped around a very simple plot about a married Irish-American woman having an affair with a Lebanese surgeon are incredible ideas about the politics of race, identity, xenophobia, religion, love, and cleanliness. Joan Allen (known only as 'she') lives in London and is trapped in an unhappy marriage to Sam Neil. She meets 'he' (Simon Abkarian), and there is an immediate attraction. Though happy when with each other, they can't escape the cultural, racial, social, or political barriers between them. The dialogs between he and she are so chock full of ideas, you feel you must see it again to absorb it all. Plus, the entire film is in iambic pentameter, and the rhyming patterns are wonderful. Never preachy or pretentious, Yes at times plays out like a far more interesting (and intelligent) Before Sunset. Much, much more to say about this one. . .
Iambic pentameter! How cool is that?
filmbrain:Yes, Great Britain
Sally Potter's latest film is a fascinating piece of intellectual candy, and easily Filmbrain's favorite of the Berlinale so far. Wrapped around a very simple plot about a married Irish-American woman having an affair with a Lebanese surgeon are incredible ideas about the politics of race, identity, xenophobia, religion, love, and cleanliness. Joan Allen (known only as 'she') lives in London and is trapped in an unhappy marriage to Sam Neil. She meets 'he' (Simon Abkarian), and there is an immediate attraction. Though happy when with each other, they can't escape the cultural, racial, social, or political barriers between them. The dialogs between he and she are so chock full of ideas, you feel you must see it again to absorb it all. Plus, the entire film is in iambic pentameter, and the rhyming patterns are wonderful. Never preachy or pretentious, Yes at times plays out like a far more interesting (and intelligent) Before Sunset. Much, much more to say about this one. . .
Iambic pentameter! How cool is that?
