Carla's Song
Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty) stars as George, a Glasgow bus driver who risks his job by giving a free ride to a beautiful Nicaraguan woman with no money. From the moment that he sees her, George becomes infatuated. He soon finds her a place to live and learns the reason behind her sadness - her boyfriend has probably been killed by the Contras. George accompanies her to Nicaragua where he helps her come to terms with her past, and at the same time discovers more about himself.
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War is not healthy for children or other living things - luminol
Road movie. Screenwriter Paul Laverty (a known Loach collaborator) worked for a Nicaraguan domestic human rights organisation in mid 80's. So if he wanted to dish, he could regal you with more tales of woe and despair then one could ever possibly want to hear or stomach. So it comes as a surprise that the 2 or 3 innocuous statements narrated from a human rights worker in the film was enough to put the kibosh on a theatrical release for this film in the good old US of A. Sure, there's a few missteps in the script, but Carla's song was afterall, Laverty's first screenplay. Give the guy a break.
Good things? Robert Carlyle as George (coming immediately from his role as the pugnacious and sociopathic Begbie in Trainspotting) a super laid back bus driver for the Glascow Public Transportation company, who's main hobby it seems to be is collecting demerit points from management. He's definately chomping at the bit, as if something is missing in this life---or maybe there's something more to it. He then crosses pathes with the mysterious and troubled Carla. A nice re-telling of the Eurydice myth.
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War is not healthy for children or other living things - luminol
Road movie. Screenwriter Paul Laverty (a known Loach collaborator) worked for a Nicaraguan domestic human rights organisation in mid 80's. So if he wanted to dish, he could regal you with more tales of woe and despair then one could ever possibly want to ...