Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Romulus, My Father


I watched this film, Romulus, My Father, a while ago and loved it. Directed by Richard Roxburgh, starring Eric Bana, Franka Potente, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Marton Csokas.

'Based on Raimond Gaita’s critically acclaimed memoir [and] it tells the story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is the tale of a boy trying to balance a universe described by his deeply moral father, against the experience of heartbreaking absense and neglect from his mother. It is a story of impossible love that celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.’

This is quite possibly the greatest film to ever come out of Australia.