Q&A with filmmakers from "Seaview"It's Wednesday and there are five films on the docket. Kabei
A Japanese film set in the period just prior to WWII. An anti-government writer is sent to prison for his nonsupport of his country’s imperialistic extensions into China. This film is an interesting historical look at one family and how it copes with the loss of its head of household and the sacrifices needed during war.
Victoire Terminus
Set in the Congo, this film highlights a boxing coach and his entrepreneurial efforts to legitamize female boxing as a spectator sport in this politically charged environment.
Lady Jane
A modern French film noir. A retired trio of thieves is forced to reunite when one of its members has her child taken hostage and held for ransom in revenge for a misdeed from long ago. A well-made film but not for our jury.
Caos Calmo
The only Italian entry in the official competition. This story centers around a successful professional father that suddenly loses the wife he’s neglected for years. He is forced to engage once again as a father to his young daughter and spends his days in a park across the street from her school.
Seaview
An Irish documentary highlighting the plight of asylum seekers in Mosney. Once a resort with room for 6,000 Irish vacationers, it is now home to 400 illegal immigrants seeking a new life in Ireland. Some have been waiting for an answer for as much as six years. This was a visually stimulating look at a politically divisive situation. I really enjoyed this film, however, I believe it would have served the filmmakers to add some footage with the point of view from government officials as well as the (wo)man on the street.
- Kabei ("Our Mother")
- Victoire Terminus, Kinshasa (documentary)
- Lady Jane
- Caos Calmo ("Quiet Chaos")
- Seaview (documentary)
A Japanese film set in the period just prior to WWII. An anti-government writer is sent to prison for his nonsupport of his country’s imperialistic extensions into China. This film is an interesting historical look at one family and how it copes with the loss of its head of household and the sacrifices needed during war.
Victoire Terminus
Set in the Congo, this film highlights a boxing coach and his entrepreneurial efforts to legitamize female boxing as a spectator sport in this politically charged environment.
Lady Jane
A modern French film noir. A retired trio of thieves is forced to reunite when one of its members has her child taken hostage and held for ransom in revenge for a misdeed from long ago. A well-made film but not for our jury.
Caos Calmo
The only Italian entry in the official competition. This story centers around a successful professional father that suddenly loses the wife he’s neglected for years. He is forced to engage once again as a father to his young daughter and spends his days in a park across the street from her school.
Seaview
An Irish documentary highlighting the plight of asylum seekers in Mosney. Once a resort with room for 6,000 Irish vacationers, it is now home to 400 illegal immigrants seeking a new life in Ireland. Some have been waiting for an answer for as much as six years. This was a visually stimulating look at a politically divisive situation. I really enjoyed this film, however, I believe it would have served the filmmakers to add some footage with the point of view from government officials as well as the (wo)man on the street.
