Chichester Cinema at New Park
GOODBYE SOLO
The 18th Chichester International Film festival
Premieres, Previews & New Releases of USA Cinema
With thanks to AXIOM for this preview.
Solo is a Senegalese immigrant driving a taxi in North Carolina, an amiable, open and inquisitive chatterbox with aspirations to become a flight attendant. One night, granite faced, grumbling old-timer William gets in his cab, and offers Solo a job; in two weeks' time, he wants the driver to take him to Blowing Rock, an immense cliff that forms one of the region's most famous tourist attractions.
Solo grasps an immediate insight into the distant man's intentions, and devotes himself to a mission of helping William, who doesn't welcome the tenacity and intrusions of his younger counterpart.
Following Man Push Cart (2005) and Chop Shop (2007), this third feature from Ramin Bahrani continue to mark him out as one as the most distinctive and engaged young auteurs working in America today. As with the previous films, wonderfully drawn characters come alive on screen, and the irresistible pairing of first-time actor Souléymane Sy Savané and former Elvis bodyguard Red West works to brilliant effect.
USA · 2008 · Ramin Bahrani · 91min
