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7 December 2005 (France) morePlot:
A Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock-n-roll legend experiences a personal awakening when her husband's estranged son comes to visit. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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1 win & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Samuel Goldwyn Warms up to 'Cold Souls' (From ioncinema. 31 January 2009)
12 selected for Sundance Institute's 2007 Screenwriters Lab
(From ioncinema. 15 December 2006)
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a brilliant directing effort more (25 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Dina Korzun | ... | Laura | |
| Rip Torn | ... | Alan James | |
| Darren E. Burrows | ... | Michael James (as Darren Burrows) | |
| Andrew Henderson | ... | Sam James | |
| Liz Morton | ... | Cindy, Babysitter | |
| Joanne Pankow | ... | Aunt Betty | |
| Arielle Kight | ... | Teenage Singer | |
| J. Blackfoot | ... | Herself | |
| Red West | ... | Duigan | |
| Jenny O'Hara | ... | Celia | |
| Jerry Chipman | ... | Shel | |
| Mary Jean McAdams | ... | Gena | |
| Charly Kayle | ... | Karin | |
| J. Allen Scott | ... | Press Photographer | |
| Earl Randle | ... | Old Timer |
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This is a quietly brilliant film, a real gem, mostly because every frame of Forty Shades of Blue reeks of cinema; it's a film lover's film, and, maybe more importantly, a lovers' film, a romance/drama that is human, complex and entertaining at the same time.
I was blown away by Sachs' attention to details and command of his actors. There's nothing flashy to his naturalistic approach, yet the three main actors/lovers shine, and the camera feels at ease even in the most intimate moments.
If this movie was in French, it would be up for an academy award as a foreign language film, in the U.S. they will treat it as a small, indie film. That's reality. But the reality this film captures, a triangle between a Russian woman, her much older, legendary music producer husband and his son, speaks to a greater truth - that people are fragile and wanting, that life in the West is so good, it makes us soft and even more fragile and wanting and selfish and human than we want to acknowledge. That at the end of the day we all want to love and be loved and be safe. When was the last time you saw a movie so simple and giving in its complexity?
It's set in Memphis, but it speaks an international language and I hope this film gets seen everywhere, not just festivals.
This is the first Ira Sachs film I've seen (his IMDb lists another feature, The Delta, and some shorts) but I'm certain there will be many more. Let's just hope Hollywood doesn't corrupt his unique talent and respect for movies and human beings.
Oh, and it's got some great music too.